Cancer patients require systematic treatment with drugs as part of their total therapy as majority of the tumours even in early stages, require the same. It is assumed that even in very early stages some cancer cells can spread to distant sites where there remain dormant and get active.At a later time which is called relapse .This is a reason for instituting systemic treatment for cancers. Medical oncology at KIMSHEALTH Cancer Center offers a patient-first approach and our clinicians address various aspects of cancer diagnosis and therapy using advanced medical technology .Even though chemotherapy is part of a total therapy,in very many situations chemotherapy alone is curative.The biggest challenge in systemic chemotherapy is its non selective nature as both cancer cells and normal cells are affected by the drugs.Despite having complications such as hair loss,nausea,vomiting and decreased blood cell count, recent advances in drug delivery and the introduction of more selective targeted agents,chemotherapy has evolved into a much more tolerable treatment. We offer the full range of systemic therapy:

• Chemotherapy:using powerful medicines to target and destroy cancer cells.
• Immunotherapy: harnessing the body's own immune systems to fight cancer.
• Targeted therapy:precison medicines designed to block specific cancer pathways identified through specialized diagnostic tests
• Hormone therapy: used in hormone-sensitive tumours like breast and prostate.

Chemotherapy services is offered at KIMSHEALTH mostly as an outpatient daycare procedure. Patients are followed up after chemotherapy over phone to assess their tolerance and in difficult cases they are advised review.Generally chemotherapy is a time bound programme at definite intervals and given at fixed intervals monitoring their response as well as tolerance.