Cancer Care
Medical Oncology
The Medical Oncology department deals with systemic therapy including chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapies, immunotherapy, palliative care and supportive care.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy drugs are used to destroy rapidly growing cancer cells. Sometimes it may slow the growth of cancer cells, and prevent them spreading to other parts of the body. It may also be used along with radiation to potentiate effect of radiation. It may also be used after surgery or radiation to destroy remnant cancer cells. It may also be used before surgery to shrink tumour to make complete clearance of tumour by surgery possible. At the centre, chemotherapy is given as an outpatient procedure at our specialised treatment areas and indoor chemotherapy, managed by a team of oncology-trained nurses who provide close monitoring.
Targeted therapy
It is use of monoclonal antibodies (or mAb) or tablets to specifically target cells with specific receptors on tumour. It has fewer side effects as compared to conventional chemotherapy.
Hormonal therapy
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is a form of treatment which stimulates the body’s immune system to destroy cancer cells.
At Nirali Cancer Hospital we offer:
- Treatment of all solid tumours like breast, gynaecologic malignancies, genitourinary malignancies, gastrointestinal cancers, lung, head & neck cancers, brain tumours, neuroendocrine tumours.
- Treatment of all haematological malignancies like leukaemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
- We have a state-of-the-art day care and indoor facility for chemotherapy, Cytotoxic Admixture Room and laminar flow bio-safety cabinet conforming to world class standards.
- We offer multidisciplinary opinion of surgeons or radiation oncologists
- We follow recommended protocols to maintain uniformity of treatment.
- We implant long term catheters (ports) for safe and painless chemotherapy.
- Our staff nurses are well trained in administering chemotherapy. They regularly undergo training to augment professional skills.