{"id":11171,"date":"2026-07-23T05:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/?p=11171"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:55:58","slug":"can-you-catch-cancer-by-touch-srms-institute-of-medical-sciences-clear-the-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/can-you-catch-cancer-by-touch-srms-institute-of-medical-sciences-clear-the-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN YOU CATCH CANCER BY TOUCH? SRMS Institute of Medical Sciences Clear the Myths!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Cancer is not contagious. It doesn\u2019t spread by touch, sharing space, or showing care. What does spread is awareness, early detection, and hope\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <strong>World Cancer Day<\/strong> (Feb 4, 2026), <strong>SRMS Institute of Medical Sciences<\/strong> <strong>(IMS), Bareilly<\/strong>, marks <strong>19 years of dedicated cancer care<\/strong> by standing up for facts over fear, and action over silence. Let\u2019s replace fear with facts, and stigma with support.<\/p>\n<p>From <strong>5\u20137 February<\/strong>, <strong>RR Cancer Institute and Research Centre, at SRMS IMS<\/strong> is organizing a <strong>Cancer Screening Camp,<\/strong> reinforcing its commitment to early diagnosis and accessible treatment. As part of this initiative, a <strong>15% concession<\/strong> on cancer investigations prescribed by specialists (excluding PET scan) is being offered, because timely screening can save lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beyond treatment, we believe in breaking myths, supporting patients with dignity, and reminding families that cancer can be faced, and fought \u2018together\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our impact<\/strong> so far speaks for itself:<\/p>\n<p><strong>45,000+ cancer consultations | 11,000+ radiotherapy sessions |<br \/>\n11,500+ cancer surgeries | 29,000+ chemotherapy treatments |<br \/>\n3,500+ brachytherapy procedures | 8,500+ PET-CT scans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/m7AYZnO5Fpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cancer is not contagious. It doesn\u2019t spread by touch, sharing space, or showing care. What does spread is awareness, early<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clinical-updates","category-medical-news-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11173,"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11171\/revisions\/11173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srms.ac.in\/ims\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}