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• Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant

  A bone marrow transplant is a procedure to replace damaged or destroyed bone marrow with healthy bone marrow stem cells. Bone marrow transplant is used to treat cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, myelodysplasia and multiple myeloma. A stem cell transplant is usually done after the radiation therapy is complete.

• Radiation Therapy for Bladder Cancer

  Bladder cancer begins when cells in urinary bladder start to grow uncontrollably. The type of radiation most often used to treat bladder cancer, known as external beam radiation therapy, focuses radiation from a source outside of the body on the cancer. Before your treatments start, your radiation team will take careful measurements to find the correct angles for aiming the radiation beams and the proper dose of radiation. This planning session, called simulation, usually includes getting imaging tests such as CT or MRI scans.

• Radiation Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer

  A radiation therapy regimen at Medanta usually consists of a specific number of treatments given over a set period of time. Before beginning radiation therapy for any type of head and neck cancer, patients are examined by an oncologic dentist or oral-oncologist. After the therapy, patients begin speech and swallowing therapy to prevent long term problems with speaking and eating.

• Radiation therapy for Brain Tumour

  Our team of neurologist, radiation oncologist, medical oncologist and endocrinologist are at your disposal to treat these sensitive tumours in the brain. The radiation team predetermines the correct angles of aiming the radiation beams and the proper dose of radiation. The technology used at Medanta to treat brain tumours include Cyberknife VSI, Integrated Brachytherapy Unit, Volumetric Arc therapy, SBRT/SRS and IGRT.

• Radiation therapy for Thoracic region

  Radiation plays an important role in the treatment of thoracic tumors. During the last 10 years there have been several major advances in thoracic RT including the incorporation of concurrent chemotherapy and the application of conformal radiation-delivery techniques (eg, stereotactic RT, three-dimensional conformal RT, and intensity-modulated RT) that allow radiation dose escalation. Radiation as a local measure remains the definitive treatment of medically inoperable disease in NSCLC and part of a multimodality regimen for locally advanced NSCLC, limited stage SCLC, esophageal cancer, thymoma, and mesothelioma.

• Radiation therapy in Breast Cancer

  Breast cancer occurs almost entirely in women, but men can get breast cancer, too. Not all women with breast cancer need radiation therapy, but it may be used in several situations such as:

  • After breast-conserving surgery(BCS), to help lower the chance that the cancer will come back in the breast or nearby lymph nodes
  • After a mastectomy, especially if the cancer was larger than 5 cm (about 2 inches), or if cancer is found in the lymph nodes
  • If cancer has spread to other parts of the body, such as the bones or brain

  At Medanta, our breast services team uses Hypofractioned radiation therapy, Intraoperative radiation therapy and 3D – conformal radiotherapy to provide you with long-term and stable results.

• Radiation therapy in Abdominal Cancer

  Organs of the abdomen include the stomach, small intestine, colon, liver, gallbladder, spleen and pancreas. Before your treatment starts, the radiation team will take careful measurements to determine the correct angles for aiming the radiation beams and the proper dose of radiation. Radiation therapy can be used to slow the growth and ease the symptoms of advance abdominal cancer.

• Radiation therapy in Pelvic region

  The pelvis is either the lower part of the trunk of the human body between the abdomen and the thighs. Radiation therapy to the pelvis can be used to slow the growth and ease the symptoms of advanced pelvic cancer.

• Tomotherapy

  Tomotherapy combines an advanced form of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) scanning technology, all in one machine. Using in-built CT scanning to confirm the shape and position of the tumour before each treatment, Tomotherapy reduces radiation exposure to healthy tissues and organs.

• Craniospinal Irradiation

  Craniospinal irradiation is used for patients who have, or are at risk for, disseminated disease throughout the CNS that is not sufficiently responsive to chemotherapy (typically methotrexate). This includes:

  • Embryonal CNS malignancies (medulloblastoma, primitive neuroectodermal tumour, atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour)
  • Intracranial germ cell tumour with evidence of distant CNS metastases
  • Epenedymoma with evidence of distant CNS metastases or CSF involvement

  Craniospinal Irradiation is also used for pediatric patients because of its simplicity.

• Mastectomy

  Mastectomy is the removal of the whole breast. A simple or total mastectomy is appropriate for women with multiple or large areas of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and for women seeking prophylactic mastectomies — that is, breast removal in order to prevent any possibility of breast cancer occurring.

• Breast Conservation Surgery

  Breast Conservation Surgery is a less radical cancer surgery than mastectomy. Breast-conserving surgery is sometimes called lumpectomy, quadrantectomy, partial mastectomy, or segmental mastectomy. In this surgery, only the part of the breast containing the cancer is removed. The goal is to remove the cancer as well as some surrounding normal tissue. How much of the breast is removed depends on the size and location of the tumor and other factors.

• Fibriadenoma Breast Excision

  Fibroadenomas are common benign tumors of the breast. They are made up of an overgrowth of both the glandular and supporting tissues of the breast. Most often found in women between the ages of 15 and 35, fibroadenomas are affected by women’s hormone levels and can grow larger during pregnancy or smaller after menopause. Whilst you are asleep a cut (incision) is made in the breast over the area where the fibroadenoma can be felt. Alternatively, the cut may be made around the areola or within the fold of the breast. The wound is closed with stitches or glue.