Gruelling treatments, emotional rollercoaster rides, life-altering uncertainty, lost time — these are but a few of the battles that cancer patients find themselves in. However, for Neha Kale, 54, and Shourya Uday Devrukhkar, 17, their determination and commitment to vanquish the emperor of maladies were bigger than all the hurdles.

Case Study 1
The meaning of hope

Neha Kale, assistant headmistress of the English secondary section of Vidya Mandir School in Dahisar, was diagnosed with malignant mixed Mullerian carcinosarcoma in October 2021. “I bled continuously for six months. Considering my age, my doctors first thought it was because of menopause. However, it didn’t stop despite a hysterectomy and removal of my ovaries. And then the biopsy reports came back positive for cancer,” said Kale.