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Yoddhas – Indians Fighting Against Cancer is a non-government organisation dedicated to the well-being of cancer patients throughout India.
It was founded in January 2014 by Rahul Yadav, in the wake of his own diagnosis with multiple myeloma.[1] Initially, the patient-to-patient group consisted of Yadav and other patients he had met at the hospital.[2][3] As of April 2015, the group has a support base of about 4,000 members. Yoddhas was created as a means to overcome a deficit of strong online support systems in the country.[4] It is a peer-to-peer support group where everyone discusses about their illness and support each other that mainly consists of cancer patients as well as close friends and relatives of people fighting cancer.[5]
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