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Abstract: Ayurveda, the holistic system of medicine has strong basic concepts and fundamentals. Hetu (Causative factor), Linga (Symptomatology) and Aushadha (Treatment) are the three major components of whole treatment of any disease. The diagnosis in Ayurveda is not always in terms of the name of a disease but is in the form of a description of the disease process depicting the pattern of vitiation of Doshas and Dushyas, the organs or Strotas involved. Acharya Charaka rightly proclaims that neither it is necessary nor it is possible to give name to every disease. What is necessary is to understand the exact nature of the disease process. The term Cancer is not found in Ayurveda directly, but it is possible to diagnose and manage the Cancer patients. This paper is an attempt to understand the Nidan-vichar i.e., Etiopathogenesis concept in Ayurveda for the diagnosis of a disease in context to Cancer. The same fact will be explained with the example of Cancer of female reproductive system. It also provides the Ayurvedic treatment approach and prevention of Cancer.