The early twentieth century India saw profound paucity in health care delivery and education, and the beliefs of people were ruled mainly by ignorance, superstitions and myths. Diseases like cancer and its treatment were totally unknown during that time in India. Dr Ida Belle Scudder, American woman, came to India to break all norms and sacrificed her entire life to work in a missionary hospital. Gradually she trained herself to treat cancer patients and established a fully equipped radiotherapy centre to treat such patients. Later, the field of radiation oncology was transformed and modernised by another influential woman, Dr Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw, who with her leadership attributes left no stone unturned to firmly establish the role of radiation in the management of cancer and bringing its benefits to the people of India.

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Ida Belle Scudder 和 Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw：塑造了印度放射肿瘤学面貌的两位标志性女性

二十世纪初，印度在医疗保健和教育方面严重缺乏，人们的信仰主要受无知、迷信和神话的支配。在那段时间，印度完全不知道癌症等疾病及其治疗方法。美国妇女 Ida Belle Scudder 博士来到印度打破一切常规，牺牲自己的一生在传教士医院工作。渐渐地，她训练自己治疗癌症患者，并建立了一个设备齐全的放射治疗中心来治疗这些患者。后来，另一位有影响力的女性 Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw 博士对放射肿瘤学领域进行了改造和现代化，她凭借她的领导才能不遗余力地确立放射治疗在癌症管理中的作用，并将其造福于人民。印度。