Centre for Cancer & Bone Marrow Transplant

Yatharth Centre for Cancer & Bone Marrow Transplant is a comprehensive multidisciplinary institute. It brings in the latest technology with the most competent and highly skilled health care professionals under one roof. The center offers cancer treatment services starting from prevention and early detection to comprehensive treatment and palliative care. The Centre is supported by state-of-the-art equipment in Centres of Pathology, Radiology, and Blood Bank.

HAEMATO-MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

Medical Oncology

The department of medical oncology offers diagnosis and treatment for the entire gamut of solid tumors including all types of tumors of Head and Neck, Brain, Lungs, Breast, Esophageal, Liver, Gall Bladder, Pancreas, Urinary bladder, Prostate, Testicular, Kidney, Gynecological (Cervical, Ovarian, Breast etc.), Gastrointestinal cancers, bone sarcomas and soft tissue sarcomas.

The latest modalities of treatment offered are:

• Chemotherapy including as a daycare procedure
• Adjuvant Chemotherapy
• Neo-adjuvant Chemotherapy
• Targeted Therapy
• Hormonal therapy

Hemato-Oncology

The department of Hemato-Oncology is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of blood-related diseases and cancers. Our expert team of Haemato-oncologists provide treatment for:

• Malignant Haematologic Conditions like acute leukemia, non hodgkins and hodgkins lymphoma, primary CNS lymphoma, chronic myeloid leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative neoplasms and adult T cell leukemia.
• Benign Haematologic Conditions Like Anaemia, Thrombocytopenia, Thalassemia major, Aplastic anemia, ITP

Bone Marrow Transplant

At Yatharth Hospital, we have an experienced team of medical and haemato-oncologists backed by ultra-modern infrastructure to provide the best care to the patients.

Bone marrow transplant, also called hematopoietic stem cell transplant, is a treatment modality consisting of high-dose chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy followed by hematopoietic stem cell transfusion. In most of the cases, this is accomplished without any surgery.

Bone marrow transplant is commonly done for blood cancers like acute leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, myelofibrosis, lymphomas and multiple myeloma; childhood cancers like neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, germ cell tumors, Ewing’s sarcoma; and non-cancerous conditions like thalassemia major, aplastic anemia, sickle cell anemia, Fanconi’s anemia and some inborn errors of metabolism.

Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is an advanced cancer treatment that boosts the body’s natural defenses to identify and destroy cancer cells. Unlike traditional methods like chemotherapy or radiation, which directly attack cancer, immunotherapy works by stimulating or enhancing the immune system's ability to fight the disease. Common types include immune checkpoint inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies, cancer vaccines, and CAR T-cell therapy. It has shown remarkable success in certain cancers such as melanoma, lung cancer, and some blood cancers, offering improved survival and fewer side effects. However, response varies by patient and cancer type.

Multidisciplinary Tumour Boards

At Yatharth Cancer Centre, we believe that the management of cancer patients involves teamwork. Each oncology case is discussed in a multidisciplinary tumour board comprising of medical oncologist, surgical oncologist, radiologist, pathologist, other specialties [Gastrointestinal surgery, Urology, Orthopedics, Gynecology, ENT, Gastroenterology, Neurosurgery]. After the tumour board, an optimal treatment plan is designed.

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

The highly skilled surgical teams of Yatharth Super Speciality Hospitals are trained and experienced in operating cancers including Head & Neck cancers, Breast cancers, GI cancers, Gynae cancers, Urological cancers and Musculoskeletal Cancers.

Head & Neck Surgeries offered at Yatharth include composite resection/ commando operation for oral cancers, maxillectomy, different types of laryngectomies, TEP for voice rehabilitation, parotidectomy, neck dissections, skin lesions of head & neck area, plastic surgery-reconstruction with Free flaps (Anterolateral thigh flap, medial sural artery perforator flap, radial artery forearm flap, free fibula flap), various local and regional flaps for reconstruction of face, neck, and oral defects.

Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgeries offered at Yatharth Hospital include total thyroidectomy, hemithyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy.

Breast Cancer Surgeries include breast conservation surgery, modified radical mastectomy. Different types of oncoplastic surgeries are offered to reconstruct the breast as near normal as possible without any additional problems. Sentinel node biopsy can also be performed when indicated in breast cancer; it avoids the chances of swelling of the arm (lymphoedema).

GI and Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Surgeries offered include surgery for esophagus and GE junction cancers, gastric cancers, gall bladder cancer, pancreatic cancers, liver cancers, small bowel tumors, colorectal cancers, CRS HIPEC for appendiceal, peritoneal, colorectal and gastric cancers with peritoneal metastases; multivisceral resection for retroperitoneal tumors.

Gynecological Malignancy Surgeries (Gynaecological Oncology) Offered include staging laparotomy- primary and secondary cytoreductive surgeries for ovarian cancer, simple hysterectomy, radical hysterectomy (Wertheims Procedure) for Cervix cancer, pelvic & inguinal lymph node dissection and simple & radical vulvectomy.

Urological Malignancy Surgeries offered (Uro-Oncology) include partial and radical nephrectomy for kidney cancers, partial and radical cystectomies with ileal conduit for bladder cancer, high inguinal orchidectomy and retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancers, partial and radical penectomy for penile cancer, open ilio-inguinal lymph node dissection & video-endoscopic inguinal lymph node dissection. 

Orthopaedic Oncology offers Limb salvage surgery and amputation for bone tumors and wide excisions for soft tissue sarcoma. 

Thoracic Oncology offers Pneumonectomy and Lobectomy for lung cancer, Wedge resection / metastasectomy for metastatic cancers, Video Assisted Thoracoscopic surgeries (VATS).

RADIATION ONCOLOGY

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT),  Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), Stereotactic radiosurgery & radiotherapy (SRS/SRT), Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), Respiratory Gating, Adaptive radiotherapy.

The Centre has the facility of Elekta Versa HD LINAC, and Elekta Flexitron Brachytherapy for precise targetted treatments for cancer patients.