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Cancer is treated with the most enlightened,
informed and humane approach at KMH. |
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Dr. Dominic
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KMH Hospitals, Chennai is one of the super speciality
hospitals in India, which is equipped to
provide best treatment for cancer. It has a
dedicated team of professionals to review
cases and offer expert advice to those
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Medical counselors, speech therapists,
dieticians and other professionals that may
be required in individual cases further
support this panel of doctors . Cancer
treatment has acquired a new dimension
through highly sophisticated treatment
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| "Eight lakh patients go to the Cancer Institute for treatment in a year. Out of this number, four to six lakh get treated for advanced stage of cancer"
said Dr Shanthi, executive director of Cancer Institute, Adyar
while speaking on the occasion of KMH
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Medical Oncology |
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Over a thousand new patients are given
chemotherapy every year. Conventional and
intensive chemotherapy is routinely
performed at the hospital. |
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Surgical Oncology |
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Complicated and delicate tumor excisions are
a routine with KMH's team of highly trained
and motivated surgeons who are well
supported by skilled operating theater and
recovery staff. The surgery success rates
are comparable to the best centers in the
world. |
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Radiation Oncology |
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The department of Radiation Oncology has one
of the most active Brachytherapy programs in
the world. |
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In addition to intra-cavitary and
intraluminal treatments, the clinic has
developed many novel approaches to
brachytherapy and is one of a very few
medical centers having professional
experience in these techniques. |
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The center uses the Iodine 125 permanent
Seed Implant Technique using RAPID strand. |
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Stereotactic Radiosurgery |
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The KMH Chennai was the first center in
South Asia to make available the Stereo
tactic Radio surgery (SRS). More than 550
patients have undergone Stereo tactic
radiation since May 27th 1995 when the first
patient was treated. |
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KMH, Chennai is among the pioneers to offer
IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy) to
the patients. Special types of radiotherapy
like Whole Skin Electron Irradiation or
Whole Body Irradiation are also carried out.
These are carried out in support of the
treatment of Leukemia or Skin Lymphoma
patients. |
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IMRT is an enormously powerful tool in the
experienced hands of expert radiation
oncologists. Several forms of HPI are being
used at KMH. The latest development is
modulation of radiation intensity with Multi
leaf Collimator. |
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Bone Marrow Transplantation |
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At KMH, bone marrow transplants have been
performed to treat conditions like acute
myeloid leukemia, lymphatic leukemia,
myeloma and Hodgkin's disease. KMH has a
hi-tech BMT unit.This
BMT unit is at par with the best in the
world, and performs both allogenic, and auto
logous BMTs. |
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Cord blood cell transplantation |
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Cord blood, rich in stem cells, is now being
used for transplanting the HLA compatible
factor. |
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Facilities for both autologous and allogenic
transplantation are available at our
hospital using a self- separator for stem
cell harvest procedures and a freezing
system to cryopreserve the cells for future
use. Facilities for Peripheral Stem Harvest
Procedure are also available. The first
successful Cord Blood Transplant was
performed in KMH. |
