CanSupport - Caring for People with Cancer

12/11/2025

We are delighted to have been part of the Palliative Care Partners Meet 2025 organised by Cipla Foundation in Mumbai. The event brought together over 35 organisations from across India, offering a wonderful platform to connect with doctors, nurses, social workers, and programme leaders — sharing insights and ideas to strengthen and advance palliative care together.

08/11/2025

As we celebrate CanSupport’s 29th Founder’s Day, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has been part of our journey. From humble beginnings to a legacy of compassion and care, each step has been made possible through your support. As we look forward to marking 30 years of service next year, we do so with immense pride and renewed enthusiasm to continue our mission of care, hope, and dignity.

07/11/2025

Every year, National Cancer Awareness Day is observed in India on November 7th as cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with India recording more than 1.5 million new cases each year. Awareness initiatives are critical therefore, to mark this important day, CanSupport organised a special interaction between Dr. Ish*ta Gandhi and the Day Care attendees which made for an informative Q&A. The session aimed to raise awareness about not just cancer prevention but living with the diagnosis. Furthermore to encourage making healthy lifestyle choices, busting common myths, and promoting proactive lifestyles without any stigmas. The patients and the caregivers surely benefitted from the valuable information shared.

06/11/2025

It was indeed an honour to have met with Dr. Philipp Ackermann, German Ambassador to India and Bhutan, and thank him and the embassy for their support. German Embassy New Delhi

05/11/2025

Happy Gurupurab!
May Guru Nanak's divine wisdom illuminate your soul with peace, kindness, and unwavering faith throughout life.

31/10/2025

Every journey with cancer is unique but no one has to walk it alone as CanSupport is there.
Here are 3 stories from the many where we have been able to provide the essential assistance.
We are grateful to Molecular Diagnostics & Therapy for sponsoring this video.

Full video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcVMosESWLU

Learn more about Molecular Diagnostics & Therapy: http://www.molecularit.com/

30/10/2025

October was Liver Cancer Awareness Month, and as it draws to a close, let’s keep the conversation going!

Check out the post to learn more and share it forward because awareness saves lives.

24/10/2025

This Pink October, we bring to you an informative talk on 'Breast Cancer Awareness' with Dr. Abhishek Shrivastava, Volunteer & MD, Arunaasharay Institute of Integrated Medical Sciences, and Dr. Jyoti Jethwani, Palliative care Physician, CanSupport.
Learn interesting facts such as Male Breast Cancer, the importance of self examination and screening, and busting some myths as well!
Click to listen to the full interaction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iCBW0ob5SA

This Pink October, we bring to you an exclusive podcast on Breast Cancer Awareness by Dr. Abhishek Shrivastava, Volunteer & MD, Arunaasharay Institute of int...

22/10/2025

A heartwarming instance shared by one of our staff members of an outpatient clinic in Pune, Maharashtra of how considerate creativity and compassionate communication can revolutionise patient care:

"At the OPC, we come across patients with oral cancers who are unable to speak or express themselves due to severe trismus*, making communication a daily challenge.
To ensure their voices are still heard, we’ve developed a simple yet meaningful way to communicate — through handwritten letters.

A way to share their thoughts, needs, emotions and gratitude. This approach has helped us understand our patients’ needs, emotions, and comfort concerns more closely, strengthening the bond of trust and care between our team and them.

Whenever the patient or his caregiver visit the clinic, they bring a note or two along and we reciprocate. He sweetly shared that this written correspondence has made him feel as if our team is his own family as our being there for him brings him peace and courage.

He has even started penning letters filled with wisdom from his own experiences and love to his young son to prepare him for the future.

Even through disease progression, his healing has begun thanks to simply being heard."

*Also called as "lockjaw", it is the inability to fully open the mouth due to jaw muscle spasms or stiffness

20/10/2025

CanSupport wishes you a Happy Diwali 2025!
May the light of Diwali illuminate your heart and soul, bringing peace, prosperity, and endless happiness into your life.

19/10/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=OuHkSwVh00r8CMSq&v=pIqK3Y0qYFQ&feature=youtu.be

Surviving Cancer: Why this Diwali is Extra Special?
Straight Baat with Rajdeep Sardesai

Surviving Cancer: Why this Diwali is Extra Special? Straight Bat with Rajdeep Sardesai।

18/10/2025

Warmest of Diwali wishes from CanSupport centres spread over seven states - be it Pune, Amritsar, Bathinda, Mansa, Jamshedpur, Firozpur, Jhajjar, Jind, Rohtak, or Shimla!