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Paediatric Oncology
The field of paediatric oncology deals with cancers in infants to early adolescent age group. This is a unique subset of cancer medicine where the challenge is to manage very young patients with a wide variety of aggressive cancers.
Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital offers services in the field of paediatric oncology, led by a dedicated team of specialists. We take care of children with both blood related cancers and solid organ tumors, and we pride ourselves on the high cure rate that we are able to achieve in these patients. This is possible because of a trained team of nursing staff, intensivists, and pediatricians working in close tandem with paediatric oncologists. Scope Of Services
- Blood Realted Cancer Chemotherapy
- Solid Organ Chemotherapy
- Advanced Venous Access Procedure and Care
- Biopsy and Interventional Procedures under Anaesthesia
- Intrathecal Chemotherapy
Malignancies such as Bone Tumors, Lymphoma and Leukemia are quite common and highly prevalent in children. We provide comprehensive care for all the subsites of childhood cancers to ensure efficient treatment for children.
Types Of Childhood Cancer
Blood Cancers
Leukemias- cancer of the tissues of the body that make the blood cells and the bone marrow. When leukemia strikes, the body makes an abundance of abnormal white cells that do not perform their proper functions. They invade the marrow and crowd out the normal, healthy blood cells, making the patient susceptible to infection and bruising.
Lymphomas- are cancers that arise in the lymph system, the body’s circulatory network for filtering out impurities. It can arise in the tonsils, thymus, bone, small intestine, spleen, or lymph glands anywhere in the body. The disease can spread to the central nervous system and the bone marrow.
Solid Tumors
Brain Tumors-Tumors of the brain and spinal cord are the most common types of solid tumors in children. Some tumors are benign, and some children can be cured by surgery.
Bone Cancers- Bone cancer in children occurs most often during adolescence, 85% of them have tumors on their legs or arms, half of them around the knee.
Neuroblastoma- Found only in children, neuroblastoma arises in the adrenal glands, located in the abdominal area. It attacks very young children. One-fourth of those affected show initial symptoms during the first year of life. Neuroblastoma spreads quickly, and often is discovered only after the disease is widespread. Early stages are curable by surgery alone.
Center of Excellence in Paediatric Oncology
- Dedicated Paediatric Oncology unit with qualified, trained experts.
- Experience treating 1000+ Paediatric Oncology cases
- Evidence based medicine practices through Multi-disciplinary Tumor boards
- Best survival rates on par with global standards
- Successful completion of 35 number of Pediatric BMT cases
- Crossed 100 number of Paediatric cases treated with Radiotherapy, SBRT Dedicated Benign Hematology, Hemato Oncology (BMT) Unit
- Dedicated Benign Hematology, Hemato Oncology (BMT) Unit
- Limb salvage surgeries for Extremity Osteosarcoma
- Precision Medicine
- Targeted therapies
- Time of Flight PET CT, best for Pediatric age group with very low dose
- Collaborative work with various NGOs like Shreya Cancer Foundation and Aroh foundation to provide a holistic Cancer Care.
- Survivorship program to help patients and families navigate life after cancer.
- Childhood Cancer Support group program to provide emotional support to the parents of children diagnosed with Cancer
- Empanelment with all Govt. schemes, PSUs, Corporates, Insurances etc.
