Medical Oncology

INTRODUCTION

Government Royapettah Hospital attached to Govt Kilpauk Medical College was established in 1911 by Govt of Tamilnadu.The hospital is located at Westcott road, Royapettah, Chennai 600014.Govt Royapettah Hospital is unique among all govt hospitals as it is the only tertiary hospital with all three divisions of oncology namely medical oncology, surgical oncology, and radiation oncology under one roof. GRH offers a comprehensive state of outpatient and inpatient cancer treatment facilities to treat patients with comparable cure rates and significant palliation of non-cured patients.

INFRASTRUCTURE

●   OUTPATIENT WING

Our department activities are conducted in the first floor of the cancer block along with a separate registration room, waiting hall at the corridor, medical records room and clinical examination room.

●  DAY CARE CHEMOTHERAPY CENTRE

For whom chemotherapy treatment is advised as an outpatient or single-day regimen, it is administered under the care of one of the faculty and staff nurse team.

●  LECTURE /CLASSROOM HALL

We have daily academic teaching programs for DM medical oncology with OHP and internet facilities.

●  INPATIENT WING

For the patients who require chemotherapy as an inpatient procedure are admitted in ward. We have 20-bed female ward, 20 20-bed male ward, 6-bed intensive care unit, and 10 separate rooms for paying patients.

●  AUDITORIUM

We have 100 seated large spacious air-conditioned auditoriums in the fifth floor of the cancer block for conducting CME and conferences with adequate dining facilities.

SERVICES

Evaluation done for referred patients to confirm cancer and further analysis is done for identifying the stage of cancer. Upon of confirmation of disease, patients are treated with two categories.

●  OUTPATIENTSERVICE

●  INPATIENT SERVICE

Outpatient services are mainly to patients who don’t require hospitalization.

1. Chemotherapy given on an OPD basis with intent to cure as well as palliation.

2. Clinical follow-up of old patients also done by OP division.

Inpatient service works for patients whose condition requires hospitalization. Those patients are admitted for further treatment and monitoring of those cases are also done under IP division.

PALLIATIVE CARE

Palliative care consists of caring for patients suffering from pain for a long time. It is generally misunderstood that only people who are terminally ill or those whom doctors have given up hope of any progress, go to palliative care centers.Far from true, any patient suffering from intense pain requiring long-term care can benefit from hospices. The objective of hospices is to improve the quality of life and render living passable. Hospices address all issues in an integrated way where medicine is needed like morphine are given in required doses to reduce pain. Where ever supplemental treatment, medical treatment or other interventions like chemotherapy, or radiotherapy is indicated, these are provided with support of nearby hospitals. Counselling is provided to make the patient to understand and accept reality. Love, Care, and psychological supports are all given.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING :

Medical Oncology division of govt Royapettah Hospital offers number of training and education opportunities for undergraduates, postgraduates,nursing students and those seeking continued medical education. Mission of the medical oncology division is to eliminate cancer-allied diseases through integrated programs in patient care, research education and prevention. This division of medicine striving to make progress to realize the mission, as division builds strong partnership with other divisions as well as other cancer centers to develop more effective therapies that are targeted to each patient’s unique disease profile. Division investigators are now appreciable progress in extending survival and improving the quality of lifefor patients with most difficult-to-treat tumors like head and neck cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, brain tumors,leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, gynecological cancers and many challenging but rare tumors.

The comprehensive treatment system involves tumor board consisting of panel of chief doctors of medical, surgical and radiation oncologists. The board examines the referred cases and jointly decides on the best line of treatment for each patient.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION

●  Kannan J, Ramya R. Analysis of multiple primary malignant neoplasms; a report from tertiary Centre in south India. J Med Sci Res 2019;7(3):414-9.

●  Kannan J, Ramya R. clinical profileof metastatic cancer to brain in tertiary care hospital.J Med Sci Res 2019;7(3):400-4.

●  Kannan J, Saklani M, Mohanty,Narapaneni K, George D,Ingersal N. The pattern of distant metastasis clinicopathological features associated with de-novo metastatic cervical cancer; A Retrospective analysis. Int J Res Med Sci 2022;10(10:191-5.

●  Kannan J, George D, Mohanty S, Ingersal N, Saklani A. Colorectal cancer in young adults less than 50 years; a retrospective study on its clinicopathologicalcharacteristics J Adv Med 2022:9(1):25-30.

●  Ramkumar B, Kannan J, Mohanty S, Ingersal N, Saklani A, George D. Esophageal cancer in south India, Global J Res Anal 2021;10(3):169-73.

●  Ramkumar B, Kannan J,Mohanty S, Ingersal N, Saklani A. Cervical cancer among 39 years or younger females in south India. Global J Res Anal 2021;10(7):1-3.

●  Kannan J,George D, Mohanty S, Ingersal N, Saklani A. Pattern of recurrence and survival outcomes in non-metastatic triple negative breast cancer; a retrospective analysis. Turk J Oncol 2022;37(2);122-28.

●  Ramkumar B, Kannan J,Mohanty S, Ingersal N, Saklani A, George D. Gastric cancer; a 5-year retrospective analysis of clinicopathological and treatment aspects from a tertiary care center in south India. Global J Res Anal 2021; 10(6):129-32.

CME

CME ON RECTAL CANCER was conducted on July 2023.

GALLERY