Dr N V Adyanthaya Super Specialty and Cancer Centre to come up in K.S. Hegde Hospital complex

Dr N V Adyanthaya Super Specialty and Cancer Centre to come up in K.S. Hegde Hospital complex

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, June 17: Dr N Vishwanath Adyanthaya,  renowned physician from Mumbai will lay the foundation stone for the ‘Dr N V Adyanthaya  Research and Super Specialty Block and Advanced Cancer Centre’ at K.S. Hegde Hospital complex, Derlakatte on June 20, 2011.

 

 

 

Speaking to media persons at a press conference held here on June 17, N.V.Hegde, Chancellor, Nitte University said that the new block will be a six storied building of total floor space of 2.60 lac and will be completed in two phases.  The first phase will be completed by mid 2012 to house 5 more OTs, making the total number of theatres to 16, the casualty, the rehabilitation medicine centre, Medical Research Centre, the advanced Cancer Centre, the Renal and Neuro ICUs. OPs for specialties and the radio – diagnosis department, casualty, blood bank, clinical laboratories will all be relocated here for the further up gradation. When this block is completed, the bed strength will have been increased to 950 beds.

 

Advanced Cancer Centre:
Dr. Shantaram Shetty, Vice Chancellor, Nitte University said that the Centre will be a state –of-the art Treatment Centre for Cancer patients.

The Centre will have the most modern facilities like the Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), image Guided Ration Therapy (IGRT), Brachytheraphy, in addition to the diagnostic facilities like biopsy , endoscopy, X-rays, CT scanning, MRI scanning, Ultra Sound and therapeutic facilities like surgery and Chemotherapy, Dr Shetty added.

The IMRT treatment has the ability top deliver a higher radiation dose within the tumor, thus causing more damage top the tumor and less damage to surrounding healthy tissues unlike the conventional radiation treatments. The areas most commonly treated with IMRT are prostate, spine, lung, breast, kidney, pancreas, liver, larynx, tongue and sinus.

The side effects are lesser than that in the conventional radiation treatment. Nonetheless, centre will also have facility for palliative treatments. IGRT involves radiation treatment guided by specialized imaging test, such as CT Scan, Ultrasound or X-Rays. The process improves the accuracy of the radiation placement, and to reduce the exposure of healthy tissue during radiation treatments.

Brachytherapy is commonly used as an effective treatment for cervical, prostate, breast, and skin cancer. Brachytherapy can be completed in less time than other radiotherapy techniques. This can help reduce the chance of surviving cancer cells dividing and growing in the intervals between each radio-therapy dose.  The treatment is often performed on an out patient basis. This makes treatment accessible and convenient for many patients.