Malayalam film actress Mamta Mohandas's fight with cancer is an inspiring tale. While the deadly disease has claimed several lives over the years, there are many who have also fought the battle against the disease and emerged victorious. Mamta Mohandas survived cancer not once but twice. 

On National Cancer Awareness Day, we look back at Mamta Mohandas's battle with cancer. In 2009, Mamta was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects the body's lymph nodes. She was in her 20s and very new to the film industry as well. It was the beginning of a 7-year-long battle with the disease for the actress. She had a relapse in 2013 following a failed bone marrow transplant. In these seven years, Mamta also went through a divorce.