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What Is Cancer?
Abnormal cell growth in an uncontrollable way causes cancer. And the potential for these cells to invade other tissues. Cancers can arise from different organs, including the breasts, lungs, liver, colon, and even blood.
Some of the risk factors of cancer include old age, genetics, exposure to carcinogens, smoking habits, and metabolic disorders.
Cancer Symptoms
As per the patient’s stage, symptoms will vary. They may be:
- Weight loss without reason
- Constant fatigue
- Presence of a lump
- Altered skin appearance or ulceration
- Continuous pain
- Difficulty swallowing or breathing
Benefits of Cancer Care Services
Early Detection and Screening
Oncology cancer hospitals use various diagnostic methods to detect cancer in its early stages. It includes mammograms, CT scans, MRI, PET scans, and tumour markers.
Personalised Treatment Plans
The treatment plan is developed as per the type of tumour, the TNM staging system, and the individual characteristics of the patient.
Oncology Treatment Approaches
The management process involves a medical oncologist, a surgical oncologist, a radiation oncologist, a pathologist, and a rehabilitation specialist.
Management of Symptoms and Pain
Pain, fatigue, and cachexia associated with cancer are treated through medication and other supportive treatments.
Psychological Oncology Assistance
The patients are provided with psychological counselling to cope with anxiety, depression, and stress due to the treatments.
Clinical Nutritional Assistance
Nutritional interventions assist in dealing with malnutrition, improving immunity, and taking the treatments.
Who Needs Cancer Care?
Established Malignancy
Patients with malignancy found by biopsy or imaging must be reviewed by oncologists immediately.
Suspicious Clinical Symptoms
Clinical symptoms like unintended weight loss, fatigue, masses, or bleeding necessitate investigations.
Oncology Management Post-surgery
Patients post-surgery need follow-up to monitor and provide adjuvant treatment.
Advanced and Metastasis Malignancies
Malignancies at stages III and IV need systemic therapy and palliation.
High-Risk Patients
Patients with a genetic mutation (e.g., BRCA1 and BRCA2) or a family history need to be screened.
Toxicities Due to Treatments
Patients receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatments need management of side effects.
Services Provided in Cancer Care Centres
Chemotherapy Delivery
Administering cytotoxic agents, targeted therapies, and immunotherapies under medical guidance.
Radiation Oncology Assistance
External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and other forms of radiation therapy for tumour management.
Oncologic Surgical Coordination
Pre-surgical evaluation and post-surgical care coordination.
Chronic Pain Management
Cancer-related pain management using opioid and non-opioid medications.
Nutritional Management
Nutrition intervention for particular types and stages of cancers.
Mental Health Counselling
Counselling related to psychological difficulties during cancer treatment.
Difference Between Benign and Malignant Tumours
Here are the key differences between benign and malignant tumours:
Benign Tumour | Malignant Tumour |
Non-neoplastic or non-invasive growth | Neoplastic and invasive growth |
Localised and encapsulated | Invades surrounding tissues |
No metastasis | Potential for metastasis |
Slow progression | Rapid and uncontrolled proliferation |
Stages of Cancer
Stage I (Early Stage Localised Cancer)
This is where the cancer is localised within the primary area without any spread to the lymph nodes or distant sites. The tumour at this stage will be very small and will have shown little invasiveness into the adjacent tissue structures.
At this stage, cancer may be diagnosed either by routine tests or even incidentally. Tumour evaluation by histopathologic grading and imaging studies will be required at this stage of diagnosis. Treatment options include surgery or surgery combined with other forms of therapy.
II-III Stages (Locally Advanced Cancer)
The tumours of II and III stages are locally and regionally advanced, with increased tumour infiltration. The tumour can extend into neighbouring tissues and may be accompanied by nodal metastases (regional lymph nodes).
In this staging, the TNM system is applied as follows:
T (Tumour size and invasion) is increasing
N (Lymph nodes affected) is positive
M (Metastasis) is negative
The patients develop more severe clinical signs. Treatment includes multimodality therapy involving surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation therapy. Pre-operative (neoadjuvant) and post-operative (adjuvant) treatment approaches are usually advised.
Stage IV (Metastatic Cancer)
The fourth stage of cancer is defined by metastasis of cancer cells to distant organs like the liver, lungs, and bones. And the brain from the primary site of tumour by haematogenous and/or lymphogenic dissemination.
Involvement of systemic disease and complicated clinical presentation are some of the features that make up this stage. Symptoms include dysfunctions of various organ systems, cachexia, and chronic pain.
The treatment options include systemic treatment like chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy, with a major aim of symptomatic relief and improvement in quality of life.
Types of Cancer Treatment
Medicine Oncology
Consists of chemotherapy, targeted treatments, hormone treatments, and immunotherapy.
Surgery Oncology
Removal of primary tumours and surrounding tissue.
Radiation Oncology
Treatment using ionising radiation to eliminate cancerous cells.
Palliative Care
Aims at symptomatic relief.
On-Campus Care for Oncology Patients
Clinical care for patients requiring treatment from home.
Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Cancer
The approach to managing cancer starts with an accurate diagnosis followed by treatment based on staging as well as risk reduction strategies. The chances of recovery are greatly improved when cancers are detected early and managed accordingly.
How Is Cancer Diagnosed?
The process of diagnosing cancer includes a complete medical assessment and advanced investigations. First, the healthcare practitioner conducts an exercise with risk assessment and physical examination.
Different imaging tests, such as CT, MRI, PET-CT and ultrasound, can be employed to ascertain the location and spread of the cancer.
In addition, histopathology (biopsy) is conducted, which confirms the diagnosis by examining cancer cells for their type and the degree of malignancy.
Other methods of diagnosing cancer include:
- Laboratory investigations (CBC, liver and kidney function tests).
- Tumour markers (PSA, CA-125, CEA)
- Genetic analysis for planning therapy
Staging is an important step in diagnosis that requires accuracy for effective management.
Is Cancer Curable?
Cancers are usually curable at their earlier stages. Curing cancers depends on factors such as tumour biology, grade, molecular profiling and disease staging.
There are usually several modes of cancer management, which include:
- Tumour excision surgery
- Systemic therapy using chemotherapy drugs
- Radiation treatments
- Molecular targeted therapies
- Immune-based therapy
The cancer therapies can be preoperative (neoadjuvant therapy), postoperative (adjuvant therapy) or for symptom relief (palliative).
Can Cancer be Prevented?
Though not all cases of cancer can be prevented, risk minimisation is possible using scientifically proven methods of prevention.
Some important methods of prevention include:
- Not smoking (decreases chances of getting lung and mouth cancer)
- Maintaining a healthy diet and managing weight
- Regular exercise
- Reducing the intake of alcohol
- Vaccination (for example, the HPV vaccine prevents cervical cancer)
Apart from these, early detection in people who are at risk is possible using various screening tests like mammography, pap smear, colonoscopy, and low-dose CT scans.
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Meet Our Multidisciplinary Team
Dr. Arjun Mehta
Geriatrician (Senior Consultant)
Dr. Rohan Sharma
Neurologist / Psychiatrist
Dr. Neha Kapoor
Orthopaedic Specialist
Dr. Priyanshu Nair
General Physician
Anita Verma
Head Nurse
Rahul Deshmukh
Nursing Assistant / Care Nursing Staff
Pooja Singh
Clinical Pharmacist
Sandeep Yadav
Lab Technician
Karan Malhotra
Physiotherapist
Sneha Iyer
Occupational Therapist
Amit Kulkarni
Speech Therapist
Divya Menon
Rehab / Mobility Trainer
Veer Pillai
Caregiver / Attendant
Vikram Joshi
Dietician / Nutritionist
Ritika Sharma
Engagement Therapist
Anjali Gupta
Psychologist
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We discuss medical needs, history and personalised treatment plans.
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Customized Care Plan
Doctors create customised treatment plans based on history.
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Ongoing Monitoring
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