[
  {
    "title": "Government or Private Cancer Hospital in Kolkata? How to Compare",
    "date": "November 2026",
    "excerpt": "Is a government or private cancer hospital better in Kolkata? Neither is automatically better. This guide explains what to compare: the specialist, surgical experience, waiting times, facilities, total cost and schemes.",
    "filename": "government-and-private-cancer-hospital-kolkata.html",
    "category": "Awareness",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/government-and-private-cancer-hospital-kolkata.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Government and private cancer hospital buildings in Kolkata beside a clipboard checklist, with the title Government or Private Cancer Hospital in Kolkata? How to Compare."
  },
  {
    "title": "Ovarian Cancer: When Treatment Stops Working",
    "date": "November 2026",
    "excerpt": "When ovarian cancer stops responding or comes back, what do the scans, CA-125 and newer treatments mean, and when should palliative care start? A plain-language guide for families.",
    "filename": "ovarian-cancer-when-treatment-stops-working.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/ovarian-cancer-when-treatment-stops-working.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Two hands held together beside a pink ribbon and a lily, with the title Ovarian Cancer: When Treatment Stops Working."
  },
  {
    "title": "Caring for Someone with Gynaecological Cancer at Home: A Family Guide",
    "date": "November 2026",
    "excerpt": "Family members often become the main carers at home. This guide covers daily routines, food, emotional support and the fever rule that must never wait.",
    "filename": "family-guide-caring-for-gynaecological-cancer-at-home.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/gynaecological-cancer-family-care-guide-hero.webp",
    "imageAlt": "A woman seated at a desk in a consulting room, with a stethoscope beside her, under the title Gynaecological Cancer: A Family Guide to Care, Food and Emergencies"
  },
  {
    "title": "Menopause and Sexual Health After Gynaecological Cancer Treatment",
    "date": "November 2026",
    "excerpt": "Surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy can bring early menopause and change intimacy. This guide explains HRT decisions, vaginal dryness, dilators and when to resume sex.",
    "filename": "menopause-sexual-health-after-gynaecological-cancer.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/menopause-sexual-health-after-gynaecological-cancer-hero.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Smiling woman in a lavender shawl resting her chin on her hand, beside the title Menopause and Sexual Health After Gynaecological Cancer Treatment"
  },
  {
    "title": "Chemotherapy for Gynaecological Cancer: Side Effects, Diet and Fever",
    "date": "November 2026",
    "excerpt": "What chemotherapy involves for gynaecological cancer, which side effects to expect, what to eat, why fever is urgent, and what CA-125 can and cannot tell you.",
    "filename": "chemotherapy-gynaecological-cancer-side-effects-fever-diet.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/chemotherapy-gynaecological-cancer-hero.webp",
    "imageAlt": "A gynaecological oncologist seated at her desk beside the title Chemotherapy for Gynaecological Cancer"
  },
  {
    "title": "Can I Have Children After Gynaecological Cancer? Fertility Options Explained",
    "date": "November 2026",
    "excerpt": "Can you still have children after cervical, ovarian or uterine cancer? This article explains fertility preservation, fertility-sparing surgery, surrogacy and when to plan pregnancy.",
    "filename": "fertility-after-gynaecological-cancer.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/fertility-after-gynaecological-cancer-hero.webp",
    "imageAlt": "A gynaecological oncologist seated at her desk beside the title Can I Have Children After Gynaecological Cancer?"
  },
  {
    "title": "Uterine Biopsy Report Explained: Grade, Serous, Clear-Cell and Carcinosarcoma",
    "date": "November 2026",
    "excerpt": "The words on a uterine biopsy report, such as grade, serous, clear-cell and carcinosarcoma, explained in plain language, with the questions to take to your doctor.",
    "filename": "uterine-biopsy-report-explained.html",
    "category": "Diagnosis",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/uterine-biopsy-report-explained.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Illustrated introduction to reading a uterine biopsy report"
  },
  {
    "title": "Ovarian Cancer in the Family: Who Should Get BRCA Testing?",
    "date": "November 2026",
    "excerpt": "Ovarian cancer in your family? Find out who should be tested, what BRCA1 and BRCA2 results mean, the 50% chance for each child, and when preventive surgery is considered.",
    "filename": "family-history-ovarian-cancer-brca-testing-preventive-surgery.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/family-history-ovarian-cancer-brca-testing-preventive-surgery.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Ovarian cancer in the family and BRCA testing, explained by Dr. Dipanwita Banerjee."
  },
  {
    "title": "Stage 3 and 4 Ovarian Cancer: Survival, CA-125 and PARP Inhibitors Explained",
    "date": "November 2026",
    "excerpt": "Is stage 3 or stage 4 ovarian cancer curable? This article explains what each stage means, what a rising CA-125 signals, platinum sensitivity and PARP inhibitors, in plain language.",
    "filename": "stage-3-4-ovarian-cancer-survival-ca125-parp.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/stage-3-4-ovarian-cancer-survival-ca125-parp.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Stage 3 and 4 ovarian cancer explained by Dr. Dipanwita Banerjee, covering survival, CA-125 and PARP inhibitors."
  },
  {
    "title": "Ovarian Cancer: Surgery First or Chemotherapy First?",
    "date": "November 2026",
    "excerpt": "Surgery first or chemotherapy first? This article explains debulking surgery, interval surgery, what \"no residual disease\" means, and what recovery involves.",
    "filename": "ovarian-cancer-surgery-first-or-chemotherapy-first.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/ovarian-cancer-surgery-first-or-chemotherapy-first.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Ovarian Cancer: Surgery First or Chemotherapy First? Both routes aim to remove all visible cancer safely."
  },
  {
    "title": "Radiation and Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer: Chemoradiation vs Surgery, Side Effects and Treatment Choices",
    "date": "October 2026",
    "excerpt": "Does every cervical cancer need radiation? What brachytherapy involves, how many sessions are needed, what the side effects are, and how surgery compares.",
    "filename": "radiation-brachytherapy-cervical-cancer-chemoradiation-vs-surgery.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/radiation-brachytherapy-cervical-cancer-chemoradiation-vs-surgery.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Doctor and two women discussing treatment options for cervical cancer, with icons for external-beam radiotherapy, brachytherapy, chemoradiation and surgery."
  },
  {
    "title": "Abnormal Pap Smear: ASC-US, LSIL, HSIL and CIN 1–3 Explained",
    "date": "October 2026",
    "excerpt": "An abnormal Pap smear is a screening result, not a cancer diagnosis. Learn what ASC-US, LSIL, HSIL and CIN 1–3 mean, and what usually happens next.",
    "filename": "abnormal-pap-smear-ascus-lsil-hsil-cin-explained.html",
    "category": "Diagnosis",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/abnormal-pap-smear-ascus-lsil-hsil-cin-explained.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Doctor explaining Pap smear results to a patient, pointing at a results sheet with ASC-US ticked, beside books on cervical cancer prevention, HPV screening and colposcopy."
  },
  {
    "title": "Can You Change Hospital During Cancer Treatment? Keep Records on Track",
    "date": "October 2026",
    "excerpt": "Changing doctors or hospitals can be the right decision. Learn which records to carry, when a second opinion helps, and how to avoid avoidable delays at the handover.",
    "filename": "changing-hospital-cancer-treatment-records-continuity.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/changing-hospital-cancer-treatment-records-continuity.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Doctor and patient reviewing a checklist of cancer treatment records, with folders of pathology reports, imaging, treatment plan and discharge summary on the table."
  },
  {
    "title": "HPV Positive: What Next? HPV 16/18, Dormancy and the HPV Vaccine",
    "date": "October 2026",
    "excerpt": "An HPV-positive report often causes fear. This guide explains what HPV 16 and 18 mean, when to see a gynaecologist, how often to repeat the test and what the vaccine can and cannot do.",
    "filename": "hpv-positive-what-next.html",
    "category": "Diagnosis",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/hpv-positive-what-next.webp",
    "imageAlt": "A woman in a green jumper rests her chin on her hand beside an HPV test result sheet, a stethoscope and a stack of books, with the title HPV Positive? What Next?"
  },
  {
    "title": "Cancer Treatment Costs in Kolkata: Estimates and Financial Help",
    "date": "October 2026",
    "excerpt": "Gynaecological cancer treatment costs vary widely. Learn what drives the bill, how to get a written itemised estimate, and which schemes and charitable help may apply.",
    "filename": "gynaecological-cancer-treatment-costs-kolkata-financial-help.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/gynaecological-cancer-treatment-costs-kolkata-financial-help.webp",
    "imageAlt": "A doctor with a tablet sitting beside a patient wearing a headscarf, with the title Gynaecological Cancer Treatment Costs in Kolkata and icons for cost overview, care options and financial help."
  },
  {
    "title": "Ovarian Cancer or Abdominal TB? Getting the Right Diagnosis",
    "date": "October 2026",
    "excerpt": "Abdominal TB can closely mimic ovarian cancer. Ascites, CA-125 and fluid tests can each mislead, so this article explains what each test can and cannot tell you.",
    "filename": "ovarian-cancer-or-tb-ascites-fnac-diagnosis-india.html",
    "category": "Diagnosis",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/ovarian-cancer-or-tb-ascites-fnac-diagnosis-india.webp",
    "imageAlt": "A doctor explaining results to a patient across a desk, with the title Ovarian Cancer or Abdominal TB? and faint outlines of the uterus and ovaries."
  },
  {
    "title": "Fibroid or Uterine Cancer? Know the Facts",
    "date": "October 2026",
    "excerpt": "Most fibroids are not cancer, but a rare sarcoma can look like one. Learn which signs need checking.",
    "filename": "fibroid-or-uterine-cancer-know-the-facts.html",
    "category": "Awareness",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/fibroid-or-uterine-cancer-know-the-facts.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Colourful illustration of a woman with ultrasound, biopsy, microscope and uterus symbols, representing the diagnostic steps for fibroids and uterine cancer."
  },
  {
    "title": "Robotic Surgery for Gynaecological Cancer: What It Can Improve and What It Cannot",
    "date": "October 2026",
    "excerpt": "Robotic surgery can mean smaller incisions and less blood loss, but it does not automatically improve cancer survival. Here is how the evidence differs for endometrial, cervical and ovarian cancer.",
    "filename": "robotic-surgery-gynaecological-cancer-benefits-limitations.html",
    "category": "Treatment",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/robotic-surgery-gynaecological-cancer-benefits-limitations.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Infographic: robotic surgery is a surgeon-controlled keyhole tool, not a robot; it improves recovery but not survival; the best approach varies by cancer; ask for evidence for your case"
  },
  {
    "title": "Ovarian Cyst: Benign or Cancer? O-RADS 2 to 5, CA-125 and HE4",
    "date": "October 2026",
    "excerpt": "How doctors tell a benign ovarian cyst from cancer: what O-RADS 2 to 5 mean, why CA-125 can mislead, when MRI or biopsy is needed, and how fibroids differ from uterine cancer.",
    "filename": "ovarian-cyst-benign-or-cancer-o-rads-ca-125-he4.html",
    "category": "Diagnosis",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/ovarian-cyst-benign-or-cancer-o-rads-ca-125-he4.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Illustration of the uterus and ovaries with an ovarian cyst, beside an ultrasound image, showing O-RADS, CA-125 and HE4 as the tools used to tell whether a cyst is benign or cancer."
  },
  {
    "title": "Thick Endometrium and Postmenopausal Bleeding: What 5 mm, 10 mm and \"Thickened\" Mean",
    "date": "October 2026",
    "excerpt": "What a thickened endometrium on your ultrasound does and does not mean, when bleeding after menopause needs urgent review, and how endometrial biopsy, hysteroscopy and D&C differ.",
    "filename": "thickened-endometrium-postmenopausal-bleeding-biopsy-hysteroscopy.html",
    "category": "Awareness",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/thickened-endometrium-postmenopausal-bleeding-biopsy-hysteroscopy.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Doctor showing a patient an ultrasound on a laptop with endometrial thickness of 12.4 mm, beside illustrations of endometrial biopsy and hysteroscopy."
  },
  {
    "title": "Which Doctor Should I See for Gynaecological Cancer in Kolkata?",
    "date": "September 2026",
    "excerpt": "There is no single 'best' gynaecological oncologist in Kolkata for every patient. A specialist explains the training, cancer-specific experience and questions that actually matter.",
    "filename": "which-doctor-gynaecological-cancer-kolkata.html",
    "category": "Awareness",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/which-doctor-gynaecological-cancer-kolkata.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Which Doctor Should I See for Gynaecological Cancer in Kolkata?"
  },
  {
    "title": "Choosing the Right Hospital for Gynaecological Cancer in Kolkata",
    "date": "September 2026",
    "excerpt": "There is no single 'best' cancer hospital in Kolkata for every patient. A Gynaecological Oncologist explains the clinical standards to check, cancer-type-specific priorities, and the questions to ask before choosing where to be treated.",
    "filename": "choosing-right-hospital-gynaecological-cancer-kolkata.html",
    "category": "Awareness",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/choosing-right-hospital-gynaecological-cancer-kolkata.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Choosing the Right Hospital for Gynaecological Cancer in Kolkata"
  },
  {
    "title": "Do I Have Cancer? Gynaecological Warning Signs Explained",
    "date": "September 2026",
    "excerpt": "Bloating, pelvic pain, unusual bleeding — do these mean cancer? A Gynaecological Oncologist walks through which symptoms need urgent evaluation and which usually don't.",
    "filename": "do-i-have-cancer-gynaecological-warning-signs.html",
    "category": "Awareness",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/do-i-have-cancer-gynaecological-warning-signs.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Do I Have Cancer? Gynaecological Warning Signs Explained"
  },
  {
    "title": "Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Women Should Not Ignore",
    "date": "June 2026",
    "excerpt": "Bloating, early fullness, pelvic discomfort — ovarian cancer often starts quietly. A gynaecological oncologist explains what to watch for, why there is no routine screening test, and when to seek medical help.",
    "filename": "ovarian-cancer-symptoms-diagnosis-india.html",
    "category": "Awareness",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/ovarian-cancer-symptoms-diagnosis-india.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Ovarian Cancer Awareness — Listen to the Small Signs. Protect Your Tomorrow."
  },
  {
    "title": "Uterine Cancer Awareness Month: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment",
    "date": "June 2026",
    "excerpt": "A Gynaecological Oncologist answers the most common patient questions on uterine cancer — fibroid vs cancer symptoms, diagnosis tests, and when to seek urgent evaluation.",
    "filename": "uterine-cancer-awareness-month.html",
    "category": "Awareness",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/uterine-cancer-awareness-month.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Uterine Cancer Awareness Month: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment"
  },
  {
    "title": "The Journey of the HPV Vaccine in India",
    "date": "May 2026",
    "excerpt": "The HPV vaccine has had a long and challenging journey in India. Dr. Dipanwita Banerjee, Gynaecological Oncologist, traces the milestones from 2008 to 2026 and makes the case for universal vaccination.",
    "filename": "hpv-vaccine-journey-india.html",
    "category": "Prevention",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/hpv-vaccine-journey-india.webp",
    "imageAlt": "The Journey of the HPV Vaccine in India"
  },
  {
    "title": "Understanding Cervical Cancer Screening & HPV Vaccination in India",
    "date": "May 2026",
    "excerpt": "A comprehensive guide to modern cervical cancer prevention — covering screening intervals, who should be screened, vaccine eligibility, and what to expect during a colposcopy.",
    "filename": "cervical-cancer-screening-hpv-vaccination.html",
    "category": "Prevention",
    "image": "/blogs/thumbs/cervical-cancer-screening-hpv-vaccination.webp",
    "imageAlt": "Infographic on cervical cancer prevention showing a Pap test kit, a cell sample under the microscope, the uterus and an HPV vaccine. Regular screening and HPV vaccination help prevent cervical cancer."
  }
]