The department of Radiation Oncology at the Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer Centre has been conceptualized to provide patient centric, state-of-the-art Radiotherapy treatment of international standards. The department is equipped with a wide spectrum of conventional as well as high precision Radiation Oncology facilities and radiotherapy techniques such as IGRT, IMRT, SRS, SRT, VMAT and Brachytherapy.
At MSCC, cancer patients are given multimodality treatment. Each patient’s details are thoroughly discussed by the tumor board that consists of Radiation Oncologists, Medical Oncologists, Surgical Oncologists, Nuclear Medicine experts, Pathologists, Radiologists; Palliative care specialists – to plan out the best possible treatment for the patient.
External beam radiotherapy – passing of high energy Xs-rays - is the most common radiation technique used to treat cancers throughout the body. The device used for this purpose is known as Linear Accelerator.
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