Television, newspapers and the Cancer Conversations podcast — Dr. Madhav Danthala on screening, treatment sequence, blood cancers and the questions patients actually ask. Telugu and English. Looking for the writing instead? That is on Margin Notes.
Dr. Madhav Danthala has been featured across national newspapers, regional print media, and television health programs for his expertise in bone marrow transplantation, blood cancers, CAR-T therapy, and comprehensive oncology care in Hyderabad.
Times of India featured a groundbreaking medical achievement by Dr. Madhav Danthala — the first successful matched sibling donor stem cell transplant in Andhra Pradesh. The article highlights how this procedure saved the life of a 20-year-old blood cancer patient, with stem cells donated by his sister who was a perfect match.
AP7am featured Dr. Madhav Danthala and Manipal Hospital Vijayawada's commitment to providing quality and affordable treatments under the Aarogyasri scheme. The article highlights the successful treatment of a 6-year-old child with Primary Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma through bone marrow transplant.
The New Indian Express reports that Manipal Hospitals recently reached the milestone of completing 50 successful bone marrow transplants, saving lives of both children and adults. Dr. Madhav Danthala discusses the wide range of diseases treated and the outstanding results achieved.
Deccan Chronicle highlights how AP government's Aarogyasri scheme is making bone marrow transplants accessible to patients. Dr. Madhav Danthala explains the wide range of diseases treated and emphasizes the low transplant-related mortality rate achieved through modern technology.
Telugu newspaper coverage of the Sarcoma Steps walkathon for sarcoma and bone cancer awareness month — organised by KIMS Sunshine Hospitals and Sunshine Bone and Joint Institute at Sanjeevaiah Park, Hyderabad (27 July 2026). Dr. Madhav Danthala joined as Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist alongside Dr. A.V. Gurava Reddy and the oncology team.
Featured across Telugu and English news channels — including 7TV, MedPlus ONE TV Shorts, ETV Sukhibhava, and Vanitha TV — Dr. Madhav Danthala shares timely cancer insights, screening advice, and expert perspectives on public health.
New · 7TV Focus Health · Aug 2026
Is chemotherapy always mandatory for breast cancer — and why does order matter? Dr. Madhav clarifies when chemo comes before or after surgery, when hormonal or targeted therapy can lead, and how subtype shapes the sequence. Telugu segment on 7TV Focus Health.
MedPlus ONE TV · Jul 2026
How do doctors stage blood cancer? Dr. Madhav covers blood tests, bone marrow biopsy, imaging, and genetics — and why staging differs for leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma when choosing treatment. Telugu segment on MedPlus ONE TV.
MedPlus ONE TV · Jul 2026
Why is blood cancer serious? Dr. Madhav covers leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma — how they disrupt healthy blood cells, warning signs, and why early detection and timely care improve outcomes. Telugu segment on MedPlus ONE TV.
MedPlus ONE TV Short · Jul 2026
What has changed in myeloma care? Dr. Madhav covers modern combination therapy, monoclonal antibodies, transplant, and newer options such as CAR-T for relapsed disease — and why long-term control is more realistic than it was a decade ago. Telugu Short on MedPlus ONE TV.
MedPlus ONE TV Short · Jul 2026
Who is CAR-T for? Dr. Madhav explains when this living-cell therapy is used — mainly relapsed or refractory B-cell leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma — what benefits patients can expect, and why it is usually not first-line treatment. Telugu Short on MedPlus ONE TV.
MedPlus ONE TV Short · Jul 2026
What can you actually change? Dr. Madhav covers the lifestyle and environmental risks within a person's control — tobacco, alcohol, weight, diet, activity, infections, sun — and why reducing these lowers cancer risk even though no habit guarantees prevention. Telugu Short on MedPlus ONE TV.
MedPlus ONE TV Short · Jul 2026
Who carries higher blood-cancer risk? Dr. Madhav explains the link between hereditary factors and leukemia, lymphoma, and related blood cancers — and when family history should prompt a specialist conversation. Telugu Short on MedPlus ONE TV.
Sukhibhava (ETV) · Aug 2026
Rare cancers of bone, muscle, and connective tissue. Dr. Madhav covers osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma in children, soft-tissue lumps that need attention, MRI and biopsy technique, limb-salvage surgery (vs amputation), lung metastases, and when targeted therapy tablets apply. Telugu segment on ETV Life India's Sukhibhava.
Sukhibhava (ETV) · Aug 2026
Why operating first is often the wrong reflex. Dr. Madhav explains neoadjuvant chemotherapy and immunotherapy — shrinking the tumour before surgery, improving survival in breast, rectal, gastric, esophageal and bladder cancers, and when organ-sparing approaches become possible. Telugu health segment on ETV Life India's Sukhibhava.
Dr. Madhav discusses performing the first haploidentical stem cell transplant in Andhra Pradesh — a historic moment in the state's transplant care.
On TV5's Good Health show, Dr. Madhav explains how to recognize blood cancer symptoms and the importance of timely intervention.
This 10TV episode explores when chemotherapy is appropriate and when bone marrow transplants offer the best outcome for patients.
Dr. Madhav explains the bone marrow transplantation process and what patients can expect, featured on ETV Andhra Pradesh's Sukhibhava program.
Dr. Madhav answers common questions about blood cancer and emphasizes the importance of awareness and early screening.
In this patient-friendly segment, Dr. Madhav discusses symptoms and treatment options for multiple myeloma.
Dr. Madhav Danthala’s own podcast on YouTube — longer, evidence-based discussions for patients, caregivers, and clinicians. New episodes land here first.
New · Podcast · World Lung Cancer Day · Jul 2026
With Dr. Navya Manasa Vuriti: how lung cancer care changed in a decade, who needs low-dose CT screening, smoking and vaping risks, symptoms never to ignore, and why molecular testing and immunotherapy replaced one-size-fits-all treatment. ~19 min on Cancer Conversations.
Full Vanitha TV Health Zone interview on cancer causes and treatment, plus short Telugu clips cut from that episode — fear of cancer, symptoms, screening after 40, late diagnosis, recurrence, hereditary risk, obesity, and chemotherapy.
Vanitha TV Health Zone · Full interview · Aug 2026
The complete ~30-minute Vanitha TV conversation covering prevention tips, warning symptoms, screening after 40, why cancers present late, hereditary risk, fear of chemotherapy, and whether cancer can return. The short clips below are cut from this episode.
Vanitha TV Health Zone · Aug 2026
The word still lands like a verdict — old survival stories, stigma, and fear of treatment. Dr. Madhav explains why that fear persists, and how early diagnosis and modern oncology have changed what a cancer diagnosis actually means for many patients.
Vanitha TV Health Zone · Aug 2026
Do these warning signs mean cancer? Dr. Madhav walks through the symptoms families ask about most — lumps, unexplained weight loss, unusual bleeding, non-healing sores, persistent cough or voice change, bowel or bladder changes, changing moles — and why most are not cancer, but still need checking if new and lasting.
Vanitha TV Health Zone · Aug 2026
Does obesity cause cancer? Excess body fat raises risk for several cancers through inflammation, hormone shifts, and insulin pathways — and keeping a healthy weight is one of the strongest prevention steps patients can control. Dr. Madhav explains the connection in plain terms.
Vanitha TV Health Zone · Aug 2026
Late diagnosis is rarely one failure — ignored early symptoms, low screening uptake, stigma, and delays in seeking care all stack up. Dr. Madhav explains why cancers so often surface at the last stage, and what earlier evaluation can change.
Vanitha TV Health Zone · Aug 2026
Once you cross 40, which tests matter? Dr. Madhav covers the screening checks that find cancer earlier — including breast, cervical, and colorectal pathways — and why age-appropriate screening is one of the highest-yield prevention steps available.
Vanitha TV Health Zone · Aug 2026
Can cancer come back? Dr. Madhav explains why tiny residual cells can survive treatment while staying undetectable, why follow-up and surveillance exist, how recurrence risk falls the longer you stay disease-free — and why return of disease is not a dead end.
Vanitha TV Health Zone · Aug 2026
Only a minority of cancers are inherited — but some patterns matter. Dr. Madhav covers which cancers more often run in families (including BRCA-linked breast and ovarian, and Lynch-related colorectal), the clues that suggest a hereditary syndrome, and when genetic counselling helps.
Vanitha TV Health Zone · Aug 2026
Fear of chemo is usually fear of side effects — nausea, fatigue, hair loss, life interrupted — not pain from the drip itself. Dr. Madhav explains how modern anti-nausea care has changed the experience, and when targeted therapy, immunotherapy, antibody-drug conjugates, or CAR-T can replace or reduce classic chemotherapy.
Long-form notes on the questions that matter most when cancer enters your life — screening, second opinions, treatment sequence, family history. The three most recent are below; all fourteen live on the Margin Notes page.
Twenty threads from the new WHO Global Status Report on Cancer — the scale, the westernizing burden, catastrophic expenditure, the spending paradox, the access gap, what works, what is being forgotten, and what India cannot afford to import.
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A cancer plan is structured disagreement between a surgeon, a radiation oncologist and a medical oncologist. On what a tumour board actually is — and the quiet danger when that room never exists.
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Forty-one percent of trials worldwide are in oncology. NCCN moved 241 times in a year. That is not a knowledge base — it is a moving target. On the honest architecture of clinical AI in that reality.
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