Radiation Oncology
Radiation Oncology

Radiation Oncology

KIMSHEALTH Cancer centre has a state-of-the-art infrastructure for radiation oncology,and offer radiotherapy treatments of different types such as external beam teletherapy,brachytherapy as well as radionuclide therapy.Teletherapy uses high energy X rays to destroy the cancer cells.We have two high energy linear accelerators fully equipped with a variety of treatment techniques such as 3D CRT, IMRT, IGRT, stereotactic radiosurgery(SRS) A highly skilled team of Radiation oncologists and Radiation physicists offer treatment taking safety aspects to confidential.

In more than 70 percent of situations radio therapy treatment is offered as part of multi modality. treatment.Radiotherapy can cause certain side effects mostly in the treated area including the skin and some of the deep structures through which radiation beam travels.Treatment is offered as an outpatient treatment and will not take more than a few minutes under the machine.During radiation treatment you will not feel any effects and it something like a CT scan and you need to lie still.Your treatment will be monitored on a regular basis for side effects and in majority of case ,this is a well tolerated treatment.

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