Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer

Stage 4 Cancer Caregiver; 🇮🇳 1st Lung Cancer Patient Advocate & 1st Cancer Reseach Patient Advocate; CoFounder @IndiaALK & TWRP-India; Advisor; PhD, MPharm

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

From the sacred days of Navratris and the joyous celebrations of Eid, to the vibrant New Year festivals across India and the globe - it is a season that reminds us of our shared humanity. 🌍

In this spirit of collective strength and new beginnings, I am humbled to share a project that has been close to my heart for a very long time. ✍️📖

I am officially beginning the journey of writing my memoir: a story that explores the most profound human paradox.

It is a story of Love and Hope - two forces that often appear to be the most fragile, yet in our hardest moments, prove to be the most powerful strengths we possess. 🕊️

While this began as a personal journey through a cancer diagnosis of my loving wife Kusum, it is a story for anyone, anywhere, facing their own 'impossible' mountain. This book is:
❤️ A Universal Love Story that transcends the physical.
🤝 A Compassionate Guide for anyone navigating caregiving, loss, or a life-altered state.
⚖️ A call for Systemic Change in healthcare, exploring how we fight for a better world while finding the grace to accept life’s hardest 'no.'

To ensure this mission continues to serve others, all royalties from this book will be dedicated to supporting cancer patients and advocacy work through our foundation. 🎗️

Just as these global festivals celebrate the triumph of light and the power of the spirit, this book is about our collective journey to 'Rise to Survive.'

Wishing you a season of peace, strength, and boundless hope. 🙏

#RiseToSurviveCancer #GlobalHope #Navratri #EidMubarak #NewBeginnings #UniversalLove #PatientAdvocacy #HealthcareReform #LCSM #Cancer #Caregiver

[Jasmine Kamboj, MD, FASCO @JasmineKambojMD]

#ASCO26
@oncodaily awards happening now.
@TataMemorial @cspramesh

Breakthrough research award- Dr Hasmukh Jain who made CAR T affordable in India.

@batraatulonc
@ASCO @SuyogCancer @GevTamamyan
👏👏👏

[Pramesh CS @cspramesh]

This is the impact you can have by contributing to @ConquerCancerFd @ASCO
Open up your hearts, folks

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

Thats amazing - Congratulations @Amolpatel_dr , and thank you for bringing up such important topic at @ASCO - which could save lung cancer patients of LMICs from one of the worst toxicity of cancer treatment i.e., 'Financial Toxicity'

[Amol Patel @Amolpatel_dr]

More than 400 attendees at ASCO education session in Lung cancer lead by @JordiRemon where we discussed “Less is More”. Thank you @asco for giving this opportunity to present on “Low dose Immunotherapy”. Awesome global representation. Access to novel therapies is human right!

[Urvashi Prasad @urvashi01]

@R2SurviveCancer Following in Kusum and your footsteps Vivek ji 😌🧿

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

@urvashi01 Hearties congratulationsm, @urvashi01 ji ....So proud of you!🙏❤️

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

@HCC_HemeCancer @ManjuSengar7 @ASCO @MathewsVikram Many congratulations, Dr @ManjuSengar7 - so well deserved!! Thank you for your exceptional efforts and everything you do for cancer patients and research 🙏

[Urvashi Prasad @urvashi01]

Honoured to share that I've been selected as an @IASLC STARS Scholar 2026 — 1 of only 9 international patient advocates chosen globally for this highly competitive programme.

STARS = Supportive Training for Advocates on Research & Science. The Scholar tier is its most advanced level.

As a Stage IV lung cancer patient & Executive Director of @ALKPositiveIndia, India's first ALK+ lung cancer advocacy org — this recognition lands deeply.

I'll attend the World Conference on Lung Cancer (#WCLC26) in Seoul this September as a STARS Scholar — bringing India's patient voice into global lung cancer research.

India has been underrepresented in this conversation for too long.

For every lung cancer patient in India — this one's for you. 🇮🇳

#LCSM #LungCancer #IASLC #STARSScholar #ALKPositive #PatientAdvocacy #India

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

I am proud to be co-author for this study with Urvashi ji !!

#ResearchSavesLives #LungCancer #ClinicalTrials #India #IASLC #WCLC26

[Urvashi Prasad @urvashi01]

I will be presenting at #WCLC26 in Seoul. My research explores the underrepresentation of Indian patients in global lung cancer clinical trials with implications for policy, research and ultimately access to cutting-edge therapies. Looking forward to the discussion.
#IASLC #ClinicalResearch #LungCancerResearch @icmrnine @doctorsoumya @RajivKumar1 @PahleIndia @SewantiLimaye @womenlifthealth @VanitaNoronha @oceanblue11oct @ChandnaHimani

[Ravi Mehrotra, MD (Prevent Cancer) @StopCancerDoc]

Biomarker-Based Eligibility for Lung Cancer Screening - A proteomic biomarker-based risk model can improve short-term lung cancer risk assessment with the potential to identify individuals who would benefit from low-dose computed tomography screening. https://t.co/z10H12t6p6

[Pramesh CS @cspramesh]

Announcing the 2027 @credoworkshop
Plan well in advance and apply early
Plenty of scholarship opportunities with stellar faculty
@CancerGridIndia @ASCO @StJude @StJudeResearch @AACR @AACRFoundation @WHO @iaeaorg @CCan_org @uicc @myESMO @EORTC @TheLancetOncol @The_MRC @WHOSEARO

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

Clinical Trials are Not only about Science.
For many families, they are also about Hope.

Years ago, on International Clinical Trials Day, my late wife Kusum’s journey with Stage 4 ALK+ve Lung Cancer (never smoker) and her experience as she was participating in her 1st clinical trial at that time - was shared on one of India leading news channels.

Years later, message remains still relevant:
- Research truly Saves Lives....But at same time, Awareness, Access, and Trust determine who benefits from this Research.
- Access matters
- Patient voices matter.

On International Clinical Trials Day, today, perhaps we need to continue asking:
How do we ensure more patients in India and LMICs (Low-Middle Income Countries) understand, and have access to research?

#ICTD2026 #ResearchSavesLives #LMICs #Access #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay #PatientResearchAdvocacy

@cspramesh @credoworkshop @CancerGridIndia @docpriyar @iscrindia @AnantBhan @IASLC @ASCO @OncoAlert @oncodaily @ALKPositiveinc @IndiaAlk

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

Some love stories are destined to be told.

This book began long before I started writing - through years of love, caregiving, fight with cacner, hope, patient advocacy, helping others and memories that never really leave.

Chapter 2 (Cancer Vs Love) authoring in-progress

💛

#Love #Hope
#MemoirWriting #Book
#Cancer
#LosingIsNotAnOption
#ResearchSavesLives
#RiseToSurviveCancer

[Pramesh CS @cspramesh]

Maybe this is exactly what we don't want. @mythicbxrn and @iamsrk this is what you should not promote. This increases cancer incidence
@CancerGridIndia @TataMemorial @thePHFI @ICMRDELHI , #tobaccokills
#SayNoToTobacco
Celebrities aside

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

@drjayantisingh1 Your kind wishes all that matters :-)

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

On Mother’s Day, I often think about a wish Kusum once shared during her Stage 4 cancer journey.

She used to say:
“I atleast wants to live until our son Suryansh finishes his Class 10" (an important milestone in kids growth and education in India)

But perhaps there was a small miscommunication with God.

Instead of waiting for his Class 10 exams, she was taken away when he turned 10 years old.

Years later, Suryansh passed his Class 10 exams with flying colors.

And somewhere deep inside, I felt:
“One more wish of hers has been fulfilled.”

Being a single father after losing her has never been easy.

But I truly believe it was Kusum's love, strength, and blessings for Suryansh which continue to guide us every day.

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers.

And especially to the ones who continue protecting their children… even from beyond what we can see.

And indeed Happy Mother’s Day to all Single Fathers like me who play a role of mother too :-)

💛

#HappyMothersDay #SingleFather #Cancer #God #Love

[𝓳𝓪𝔂𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓱 @drjayantisingh1]

@R2SurviveCancer Happy Morher’s Day to you too

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

@drjayantisingh1 Thank you so much 🙏 :-)

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

@ChithkalaR Thank you soooo much, sis 🙏❤️

[chikunani @ChithkalaR]

@R2SurviveCancer Happy Mother’s Day to you bro !

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

@chrysalising 🙏❤️

[Vivek Tomar #RiseToSurviveCancer @R2SurviveCancer]

@chit_ambaram ❤️🙏 truly touched