India, April 25 -- Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), which has for long led efforts to provide cancer care to women and children in India, has launched MenCan, a comprehensive initiative focused exclusively on male cancer patients. The initiative marks a crucial step toward gender-inclusive oncology as it addresses prostate, testicular, and penile cancers, which are common among men.

Male pelvic cancers are deeply stigmatised, and silence often leads to late-stage diagnosis.

"When the pain started, I kept ignoring it-how do you talk about your private parts without feeling ashamed," a 32-year-old patient who delayed seeking treatment for a lump in his testicle for months due to fear and embarrassment. "I thought being a man meant staying si...