Organ-based cancer treatment facility opened
GKNM hospital here has come out with a sub-specialistation system in treatment and cure of Cancer which would be organ based.Unlike a single persontreating 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 today.To strt 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.
