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Dear viewers

A diagnosis of Cancer raises many feelings and concerns. It affects people on all levels - Physical, Mental, Emotional and spiritual. It presents many challenges and opportunities. It causes many people to evaluate what is important in their lives, also providing a new perspective on family, friends, work and future plans.

Among several diseases Cancer gains its importance because . Cancer can be prevented, treated and cured if diagnosis is done at any early stage. It can be prevented and cured only if there is proper awareness among the people in society.

Cancer Care India with network of all NGO's working in Cancer care is committed to making measurable improvements in the quality of life – physical, physiological, social and spiritual for all Cancer survivors, from the time of diagnosis through treatment and beyond. CACI brings together survivors, supporters; members of the community and all NGO's working in Cancer care together under one umbrella.

A personal message to each and every one of you

-Take some quiet time alone.

-Be still enough to find the answers within you and then listen to them.

-Find something you love to do and then live a life that shows it,

-Your goals should stem from your values, and then your work will radiate your

Heart's desire,

In the end, our very life is about TIME, and how much we can grow in whatever years we are given,

Wishing you all, the quiet time you need to reach your heart's desire.

Yours Sincerely

Dr. Vijaya Bharathi Rangarajan
Founder - CAN-STOP,
Sundaram Medical Foundation, Dr. Rangarajan Memorial Hospital,
IV Avenue, Shanthi Colony,
Anna Nagar, Chennai - 600 040.
Ph: 044 - 26284256 (Helpline)
e-mail: vbr.canstop@gmail.com
www.canstop.org

President.

Cancer Care India

Dear viewers

It is my honour, as founder president of Cancer Care India (CACI), an apex body for cancer support organizations in the country, to welcome you to our website and briefly acquaint you with our charter and activities.

CACI was founded in November 2000 by people working as volunteers in cancer support organizations, many with a personal experience of cancer.

It was a response to the urgently felt need to come together to combat the growing menace of cancer in our country. While currently it is estimated that there are 15-20 lakh of people with cancer at any one time, with 8 lakh being added every year, by 2010 the numbers are expected to double. The majority, sadly, come with late stage disease.

Accordingly, the first task that CACI set itself was to alert people to the early warning signs of cancer. Towards this end, it joined hands with the National Cadet Corps (NCC), an organization with the largest disciplined youth force in the world, and launched a nation wide cancer awareness programme in May 2003. Numerous workshops and quiz competitions have been held since then to inform NCC cadets and motivate them to spread the message of cancer awareness and early detection as part of their community development programmes. I am happy to say that these have now become regular feature of NCC activity.

Member groups of CACI, currently 27 in number representing 13 states and union territories of India and one in Kathmandu, Nepal, are also to be congratulated for the various beneficial programmes they run for those affected by cancer. These help cope more effectively with their disease and its treatment, regain a sense of normalcy and also strengthen the will to live and fight back.

I am confident that with the setting up of a website, CACI will be able to reach out to many more people and organizations who share our purpose and mission. We urge you to join ands with us for we can not do it alone.

Warm regards

Harmala Gupta