nagpur twentyseven bravehearts who survived the disease that is largely seen as incurable and is among the most dreaded ones in modern times encouraged patients to keep up the fight against the big c by sharing their experiences these survivors were felicitated on wednesday for their victory over cancer despite facing hardships as part of the ongoing national cancer survivors week rst regional cancer hospital had organized a longterm survivors meet mla sunil kedar maharashtra medical council chairman dr kishor taori president and secretary of citys indian medical association dr sanjay deshpane and dr kush jhunjhunwala medical superintendent dr anjali kolhe and surgeon dr sb sapre also spoke to the patients and survivors the meet was organized in collaboration with snehaanchal sanjeevani and other social organizations patients have to be told through examples that it is possible for a cancer patient to have a completely disease free survival and a quality of life said ceo and director of the hospital dr santosh kakade he said it is a relevant message considering that 80 of the cancer patients seek medical opinion when the disease is in advanced stage joint director dr bk sharma said though oncologists are available in bigger cities they have not been able to reach out to the rural population in time however with increased awareness the survival rate of patients has improved cases of early detection of the disease have also increased he saidsurvivor speak how they defeated death vilas motghare a crpf constable motghare was detected with bone and prostate cancer at the age of 27 only six months after being married when his wife was pregnant with their first child in 1999 at a private hospital doctors declared that he would not live for more than three months i was in so much pain that i could not even walk i had just started living my life irrespective of what the doctors said i was confident that i would not die i decided to live however much pain i have to bear for it he said in two years he got cured of the disease after undergoing 12 cycles of chemotherapy today he is living happily with his wife a 14yearold daughter and a 10yearold son he believes that a persons will power can make miracles happen which is especially true in terms of cancer survival pradeep ujawane ujawane has been living a healthy life for the past 26 years looking at the 61 yearold bhandara resident no one can ever make out that as a 35year old he had been detected with cancer of vocal chords recollecting he said i was going to tata memorial hospital mumbai as there were no known institutes in central india and was referred to rch where some of the machines were then being newly installed i was among the earliest patients of the hospital ujawane believes that more than the disease itself it is the fear at the very mention of cancer that does most patients in he