About Us

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We are working with the aim to downstage breast cancer in India. Early detection of breast cancer is a big step in achieving this aim. 

We are working towards this direction in five ways - 

1. Breast cancer awareness talks and Events - Working towards this aim, we take breast cancer awareness talks across corporate, schools, villages, factories, residential societies, schools, slum area. These talks are organized free of charge. In addition to covering aspects about breast cancer such as signs & symptoms, high risk factors, screenings, self-breast exam etc., we also include topics such as lifestyle changes and stress management in our sessions.

             We also conduct breast cancer awareness events for general public. Some of these events 

             include 10 day awareness drive with DMRC through which we reached out to 12,000+ 

             commenters; 2 day awareness program ‘Fifteen Frames of Courage at Select City Walk 

             (Saket) through which we reached out to more than 500 people; Awareness program at DLF 

             Cyber hub (Gurgaon) that had 140 volunteers who formed a human chain with placards that 

             had survival stories & breast cancer information, followed by awareness session and fashion

             show by cancer champions.

         2. Door to Door Awareness – Through our Breast Care Centre in Sec 45 Gurugram, the team

             has engages in community awareness by going to various villages in Gurugram. We do door

             to door breast cancer awareness where in we educate the ladies about self-breast exam, 

             signs & symptoms of breast cancer and the importance of looking after their health in 

             addition to handing over pictorial brochures that contain relevant information. Our teams are

             also present at various PHCs and UPHCs in these villages on immunization days to spread 

             breast cancer awareness.

         3. Free of charge Breast Health OPD – We run free breast health OPD for women from lower

             income section at our Breast Care Centre every Monday. OPD is taken by Dr. Kanchan Kaur,

             Chief Clinical Lead, Yes to Life NGO (Senior Director, Breast Services, Medanta Medicity).

         4. Breast Health Check up Camps – Our team along with eminent doctors from the fraternity 

             go to the Anganwadis of various villages in Gurgaon to carry on Clinical Breast Examination. 

             These are free of charge. Women who are symptomatic and need further screenings are 

             called to the OPD where in we support them for the required screenings. 

         5. Diagnostic Screening Support – Women from lower income section who come to our 

             Breast Care Centre and are referred for screenings by the doctor (ranging from 

             Mammography to Biopsy to full body PET CT) are supported financially by Yes to Life and 

             we get these screenings done for the patients free of charge.

In this modern era and society, it is surprising to see that many of us still look at cancer as a taboo and if it if the breast it becomes even more of a problem. Some women with breast cancer do not come out in open even today to share what they are going through and seek support because some others still consider cancer a stigma. There are families which do not support the patients and though rare but some are still ignorant enough to think it can spread by touching. There is a dire need to sensitize people and educate them so that there is no hindrance in the support that can be provided to those touched by the disease.

Our support for cancer patients is 5 fold –

1. Support group and counselling – we manage a support group ‘Happiness Surrounds Us’ that currently has 140+ cancer warriors. Members provide each other with positive outlook, faith and strength to manage the phases of diagnosis, treatment and post treatment successfully and happily. Most of the members in the group are in younger age bracket. This helps resolve queries of females in the age group of 30s to 50s as their problems are usually different from those in higher age bracket. We also provide counselling on phone and through individual meetings

         2.  Breast cancer support events – We organize support seminars for breast cancer 

              warriors that are relevant to actual concerns and issues that people go through on this 

              journey. Events cover topics such as positive living, reconstruction, immunotherapy, fertility 

              etc. For positive living our Chief guest has been Brahma Kumari Sister Shivani and for other 

              topics we have eminent doctors and experts from the fraternity.

         3.  Diagnostic Screening Support – Women from lower income section who come to our 

             Breast Care Centre and are referred for screenings by the doctor (ranging from 

             Mammography to Biopsy to full body PET CT) are supported financially by Yes to Life and 

             we get these screenings done for the patients free of charge.

        4.  Financial support – In our endeavour to provide support to the economically weaker section

            of the society, we grant financial support for treatment and diagnostic investigation to 

            patients. We also specifically take up cases of patients who are Her2+ as hospitals don’t 

            provide this targeted treatment free of charge. 

        5.  Rehabilitation support – Most of the breast cancer patients have to undergo surgery and 

             many patients loose one breast or in some cases both. The news of cancer diagnosis is 

             devastating in itself and then to live with a distorted body shape is a life-long adjustment. The

             treatment also leads to hair loss which unfortunately makes the cancer journey even more 

             painful.

            We distribute free SAATHI Kits to breast cancer patients from lower income group referred 

            directly to us by hospitals/doctors. SAATHI Kit is an attempt to make this adjustment easier, 

            and to try to bring a smile on the beautiful faces under-going breast cancer treatment. During 

            Covid times, our team had been couriering the kits to the patients and post Covid the team 

            goes to All India Institute of Medical Sciences to distribute the kits and we also distribute to 

            the patients at our centre.

            The kit has 4 items:
 

            1. Weighted prosthesis (artificial breast)
           2. Mastectomy bra - 2 (special bra with a pocket to keep the prosthesis)
           3. Head scarf
           4. Earrings (to make them feel special)