Organ-based cancer treatment facility opened

A city hospital in Coimbatore has come out with a sub-specialistation system in treatment and cure of cancer, which would be organ based.

A city hospital in Coimbatore has come out with a sub-specialistation system in treatment and cure of cancer, which would be organ based.Unlike a single person treating a variety of cancers, the Valavadi Narayanaswamy Cancer Centre (VNCC), a unit of GKNM Hospital, has begun individual cancer clinics for specific types of cancer, Dr T Balaji, Director of VNCC told reporters on Tuesday.

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To start with, the clinics would be providing tretment for breast oncology, gastrointestinal oncology, gynaecologic oncology and head and neck oncology, Balaji said.Each clinic has a multi-disciplinary team comprising surgical, medical and radiation oncologists, who work together, he said.Each patient is discussed on the multi-discilinary meet where the entire treatment plan is chalked out before instituting the treatment, Dr Ramkumar Ganapathy, Dean of the hospital, said.

Apart from this, a separate Hemato-oncology clinic to treat patients with blood cancer exclusively would also be started he said.About 3,000 new patients are being registered and treated in the institute annually, Balaji said.