ONCOLOGY
Medical Oncology is the use of powerful therapeutics to launch a sustained attack on cancer cells. Tremendous strides have been made in this crucial field. Medical Oncology has moved beyond conventional chemotherapy and now straddles new and revolutionary facets like personalized systemic treatments, targeted therapy, hormonal therapy and immunotherapy. For young patients, onco-fertility, genetic counselling, routinely and for older patients – the geriatric oncology program ensures safe delivery of systemic treatments.Â
ONCOLOGY
Medical Oncology
Comprehensive Care for Every Type of Cancer
Comprehensive and Personalized Care
The protocols are tailor made to the patient’s specific type of cancer. If indicated, our specialists use cutting-edge next generation sequencing to identify key genetic mutations in a patient’s tumour. These individual variations in genes allow doctors to administer very focused tumour categories and prescribe treatments to address the cancers’ individual make-up.
Personalised Therapy
We deliver cutting edge chemotherapy which is individualised to each patient’s needs to maintain quality of life. Genomic tests may guide in de-escalating treatment in same patients and avoid chemotherapy.
Targeted Therapy
Proteins that are present in cancer cells but not normal cells or those that are more abundant in cancer cells would be potential targets, especially if they are known to be involved in cell growth or survival
Hormone Therapy
Hormone therapy fights cancer by changing the number of hormones in the body to treat certain forms of cancer that rely on these chemicals to grow and spread. We use drugs to prevent hormones from making cancer cells grow and divide.
Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy leverages the patient’s immune system to form an effective arsenal against cancer. The immune system is our first line of defence against cancer; immune cells patrol the body vigilantly looking out for cells that are not normal
Molecular Profiling
Molecular Profiling is a great catalyst to improve the efficacy of systemic therapies. Our molecular biologists analyse the cancer tissue sample collected for biopsy perform rigorous molecular biology testing on them.
Genetic Counselling
In Genetic Counselling, the gene mutation of the cancerous cells is checked to predict whether the patient can respond to a particular drug or not.
