Oncology Department
We in the Department of medical oncology treat cancer patients with chemotherapy or targeted therapy. Chemotherapy means treating cancer with drugs which kill the cancer cells. In our hospital we offer all the latest and sophisticated medicines. We mix Chemotherapy Drug at a separately designated area, under laminar air flow, and every care and precautions are being taken to ensure patient & staff safety and to prevent health hazards. We also adhere to standard pre and post chemotherapy medication protocols in patients undergoing chemotherapy to ensure smooth transition to normalcy Apart from chemotherapeutic drugs we also have expertise to use agents which are selective to cancer cells without disturbing normal cells. They are called biological agents and the treatment is called targeted therapy.
We use chemotherapy or targeted therapy in the following conditions.
- As neoadjuvant therapy to shrink the tumour before definitive surgery.
- As adjuvant therapy after surgical removal of tumours in breast , colon, lung etc to prevent the recurrence
- As a curative therapy in leukemias, lymphomas and germ cell tumours
- As a curative therapy in leukemias, lymphomas and germ cell tumours
- As a curative therapy in leukemias, lymphomas and germ cell tumours
Treatment is offered for the following cancers
- Acute lymphoid and myeloid leukemia
- Chronic leukemias
- Myeloproliferative disorders
- Hodgkins and Non-Hodgkins lymphomas
- Myelodysplasia
- Childhood cancers like neuroblastoma, hepatoblastoma etc..
- Pediatric leukemias
- All organ cancers like breast, lung, colon, stomach, pancreas ovary, soft tissue, bone, head and neck etc..
- Resection of cancers of tongue and oral cavity including Commando surgeries,
- Surgeries for larynx and hypopharynx including gastric pull through procedures,
- All neck dissections
- Total thyroidectomy with central compartment clearance, Total Parotidectomies
- Maxillectomys
- Modified radical mastectomies
- Breast conservation surgeries
- Radical Gastrectomy
- Whipple resections
- All bowel resections including anterior resections and APR
- Radical Nephrectomy
- Radical cystectomy with ileal conduit
- RPLND Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection
- Penectomy
- Ilioinguinal block dissection
- Cytoreduction and staging laparotomy for Cancer Ovary
- Wertheim hysterectomy
- Exentration including total pelvic exenteration
- Compartmental resections
- Lung resections all lobectomies, Pneumonectomy
- Mediastinal mass excisiony
- Esophageal resections including
- Transthoracic esophagectomy with three field lymphadenectomy
- Pulmonary metastatectomies
