Best Cancer Hospital In Delhi

Understanding Cancer

Cancer occurs when the body's cells start growing uncontrollably. Cancer can originate in various organ sites and subsites. There are two main types of tumours: benign and malignant. Benign tumours are localized and do not spread, while malignant tumours have the potential to invade locally and metastasize, spreading to other parts of the body.
There are many types of cancer, including:

• Carcinoma

• Sarcoma

• Melanoma

• Lymphoma

• Leukaemia

Cancers can also be categorized based on their growth rate and the type of cells from which they originate. For instance, lung cancer is typically fast-growing and originates in epithelial cells lining air passages or blood vessels.

Services Offered at Manipal Hospitals, Delhi

Manipal Hospitals, Delhi, is renowned for its comprehensive cancer care and offers diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of cancers, including but not limited to:

• Head and neck cancers.

• Breast cancers.

• Lung cancer and mesothelioma.

• Chest wall tumours and mediastinal tumours.

• Gastrointestinal and esophageal cancers.

• Hepato-biliary cancers.

• Pancreatic cancer.

• Peritoneal surface malignancies.

• Gynecological cancer.

• Genitourinary cancer.

• Bone and soft-tissue sarcomas.

• Melanoma.

• Skin cancer.

• Pediatric malignancies.

• Hematolymphoid malignancies (leukaemias and lymphomas).

Manipal Hospitals, Delhi, is committed to providing the best cancer care, utilizing cutting-edge technology and a multidisciplinary approach to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients. We aim to offer comprehensive support, from diagnosis to treatment and beyond, to help individuals overcome. All these factors make us the Best Cancer Hospital in Delhi. 

Diagnostic Facilities

• Laboratory: Offering tumour marker analysis, immunohistochemical examination, and next-generation sequencing (NGS).

• Radiology: Providing services such as mammography, sonomammography, contrast-enhanced CT scan, contrast-enhanced MRI, PET-CECT, radionucleotide colloid scintigraphy, and bone densitometry (DEXA scan).

• Endoscopy: Including diagnostic and interventional endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, capsule endoscopy, small bowel spiral enteroscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and stenting.

• Interventional Radiology: Offering procedures like USG/CT-guided FNAC and biopsy, angiography and embolization, and PTBD stenting.

• Interventional Pulmonology: Providing services such as bronchoscopy and biopsy, bronchoscopic stenting, and endobronchial USG-guided FNAC/biopsy.

• Core Biopsy: A procedure for obtaining tissue samples from within the body, useful for diagnosing cancer or other diseases.

• Colposcopy: An examination to detect changes in the cervix and vagina, with the option of biopsy if abnormalities are detected.

• Mammogram: A breast x-ray is used to screen for breast cancer or diagnose it after a lump is discovered.

• MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging): It is a method of using a strong magnetic field to produce an image of the inside of a person’s body. MHD has a 3 Tesla MRI, capable of generating high-quality images in various axes to aid diagnosis and management of disease.

• PET CT:  A PET scan measures important body functions, such as metabolism. It helps doctors evaluate how well organs and tissues are functioning. It is a critical modality for imaging in diagnosing and staging cancer patients. It is also important in follow-up imaging of cancer patients.  PETCT is also a useful aid in doing PETCT-based radiation therapy planning, where images from CT and PET CT are fused for high-precision radiotherapy.  

Surgical Facilities

Manipal Hospitals, Delhi, offers a wide range of surgical procedures, including:

• Surgical biopsies (Trucut biopsy, Excision/incision Biopsy,  Colposcopic biopsy, Proctoscopic biopsy)

• Robotic surgeries.

• Oral cancer surgeries and reconstruction.

• Thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy.

• Laryngectomy.

• Oncoplastic breast surgeries.

• Lung cancer surgeries (MIS and open).

• Esophagectomy and gastrectomy (minimally invasive/open).

• Hepatectomy and pancreaticoduodenectomy.

• Mediastinal mass resection.

• Chest wall tumour resection and reconstruction.

• Colectomy (laparoscopic/robotic/open).

• Nephrectomy, cystectomy, and neobladder reconstruction.

• Cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC.

• Limb Salvage Surgeries.

• Chemoport Insertion.

• Reconstruction Surgery (Local Flap, Pedicled Flaps, Free Flaps).

• Microvascular Surgery.

• Neurosurgical Procedures.

Treatment Facilities

Manipal Hospitals, Delhi, provides various treatment options, including:

• Radiotherapy: (3D Conformal Radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy, Rapid Arc,  Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), Brachytherapy,  Intracavitary radiotherapy,  Intraluminal radiotherapy)

• Systemic therapy:  (Chemotherapy,  Immunotherapy,  Targeted therapy, Other biological therapy)

• Management of hematolymphoid malignancies (Adult/Pediatric) BMT

• Image-Guided Ablation (e.g., MWA, RFA, TACE/TARE)

• Bronchoscopic intervention (e.g. Endobronchial Debulking, Endobronchial Stenting)

Other Supportive Services

• Palliative care

• Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

• Child Life Care 

• Play Therapy Care

• Counselling

• Tumour Board

Manipal Hospitals, Delhi, offers its patients the benefit of tumour board discussions for comprehensive cancer care. Cancer treatment may involve a single modality, two modalities or three modalities (surgery, radiotherapy, systemic therapy) Multidisciplinary tumour boards are crucial for cancer patients because they allow the appropriate treatment sequence to be formulated, including deciding the need for bimodality or trimodality care.

Manipal Hospitals, Delhi, takes a personalized approach to cancer treatment, utilizing techniques such as immunotherapy, chemotherapy, intracavitary chemotherapy, targeted therapy, biological therapy, bone marrow transplant, and more.

Treatments and Procedures offered at Manipal Hospitals Delhi

• Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy uses the body's immune system to destroy cancer cells. It stimulates a person's immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells. Immunotherapy aims to improve the body's ability to fight cancer by using various methods to activate or enhance its natural defences through drugs, vaccines, or other treatments that stimulate the patient's immune system.

• Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy uses chemical agents to kill cancer cells. When surgery or radiation therapy alone is not enough to cure the disease, or when they're not appropriate for the patient's condition, chemotherapy is a suitable option. We are the best chemotherapy hospital in Delhi and also offer a daycare chemotherapy facility.

• IntraCavitary Chemotherapy

IntraCavitary Chemotherapy is a method of chemotherapy that involves inserting small amounts of the drug directly into the tumour, which allows for more targeted treatment and less damage to healthy tissue.

• Targeted Therapy

Targeted therapy is a form of precision cancer medicine. It is a targeted treatment that uses drugs to attack cancer cells and stop their growth, but not healthy cells. The medication attaches to specific proteins or molecules on the surface of cancer cells allowing it to bind to the cancer cell and kill it.

• Biological Therapy

Biological cancer therapy is a treatment that uses the body's immune system to fight cancer. It works by putting a substance that looks like, or mimics, a virus or bacteria into the body. These substances trigger the immune system to react as if fighting an infection. This reaction then destroys any cancer cells in the body.

• Bone Marrow Transplant

 A bone marrow replaces diseased or damaged bone marrow with healthy bone marrow from a donor. In the first stage, cells are removed from the donor's bone marrow and frozen. Doctors infuse healthy cells into the patient's bloodstream in the second stage. Bone marrow transplants can treat certain types of leukaemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers. They may also treat other diseases such as sickle cell anaemia and some forms of anaemia.

• Central Line and Chemo Port

In some cancer patients, an IV line delivers chemotherapy safely. In contrast, a central line catheter, such as a PICC, CVC or chemo port, is effective in other cases. A chemo port is a small tube surgically implanted under the skin to deliver chemotherapy directly into the bloodstream. It allows patients to receive treatments without undergoing another invasive procedure.

• PICC, Bone Marrow Aspiration And Biopsy

A Peripherally inserted central catheter insertion is a thin, flexible tube inserted into an upper arm vein and guided into a large vein above the right side of the heart called the superior vena cava. It provides intravenous fluids, blood transfusions, chemotherapy, and other drugs. Bone marrow aspiration removes a tiny portion of this tissue in liquid form for examination.

• Robotic Assisted Surgery

Robotic Assisted Cancer Surgery is a minimally-invasive surgery that uses robotic technology to make the surgery precise, less invasive and traumatic for the patient. We are the best oncology hospital in Delhi and use robotic surgery to help our patients.

• Radio Guided Surgery

Radio Guided Cancer Surgery is a way of performing surgery on tumours in the brain, neck, and other body parts. The surgery involves a computer-guided device to track the location of a tumour in real-time using radioactive labelling of the tissue. The surgeon uses this information to guide them during the operation so that they can remove as much cancerous tissue as possible while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue.

Breast Cancer surgery

• Breast Conservative Surgery

Breast conservative surgery is a procedure that removes a small amount of breast tissue, leaving the shape of the breast intact. The goal is to remove cancerous or precancerous cells while preserving as much healthy tissue as possible. Being the most promising breast cancer hospital in Delhi, we are known for breast-conservative

• Breast Reconstruction

Breast reconstruction is a surgery that involves the use of implants, tissue expanders, or flaps to rebuild the breasts after their removal due to cancer or other conditions. Breast reconstruction aims to return the patient's breasts to their pre-surgical condition as closely as possible. The outcome will depend on many factors, including the type of reconstruction performed and the amount of tissue that remains after surgery

• Breast Oncoplastic Procedures

Oncoplastic surgery improves cosmetic outcomes in breast cancer patients. Surgeons combine breast cancer tumour removal and plastic surgery at the same time. Breast oncoplastic procedures work by removing excess breast tissue and skin and then reshaping the remaining tissue into a more natural shape and size. The surgeon may also add implants to achieve the desired look.

• Voice Prosthesis Surgery

 Voice prosthesis surgery is a procedure that restores the ability to speak after a laryngeal cancer diagnosis. The surgery involves placing an artificial device, or prosthesis, into the patient's throat.

• Microvascular Reconstruction

Complex head and neck cancers are often devastating, as they can cause the loss of parts of a patient's facial features. The only solution to these problems is microvascular reconstruction, which uses the blood vessels, bone, tissue, muscle, and skin from other body parts to rebuild the face and neck region.

• Robotic Surgery for Gynecological Cases. 

Robotic surgery for gynaecological cases is a highly specialised form of minimally invasive surgery. It uses a robotic arm to perform procedures such as hysterectomies and ovarian surgeries. Robotic surgery provides more precision to surgeons than other forms of minimally- invasive surgery, which allows them to operate on higher-risk patients with fewer complications.

• Robotic GI Cancer Surgeries

Robotic GI Cancer Surgeries are a new surgical procedure that allows doctors to perform surgery on patients with gastrointestinal cancer without leaving the patient's abdomen. The process enables surgeons to see and operate on tumours in the pelvis and abdomen, which is impossible when doing traditional surgery. This procedure is also less invasive than conventional surgery because it does not require large incisions or removal of organs.

• Linear Accelerator

Linear accelerator is the main machine used for delivering external beam radiotherapy. Varian Trubeam along with the Gamma med brachytherapy system, offers a complete range of radiation oncology services. The Linear accelerator can do all kinds of external beam radiotherapy treatment and is equipped with a 6 D couch (capable of movement in six dimensions to make the patient achieve the most accurate position) This machine also comes with a cone beam CT that can capture imaging for precision treatment. Finally, 4 D systems in the Trubeam account for the motion in moving tumours, to ensure high-precision treatment.

• Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy is a high-precision radiation treatment for various cancers outside the cranial area. Multiple high-precision beams are aimed to target the tumour from different angles to maximize the number of cancer cells destroyed while sparing the adjacent organs. The entire treatment is completed in 1-5 sessions. This process is also usually advanced imaging and 4D (breathing adjusted) planning and treatment.

• Stereotactic RadioSurgery

Stereotactic RadioSurgery is a minimally invasive procedure for cranial (brain) tumours. It uses high radiation doses from different angles to target tumours. Again, the entire treatment, with accompanying image guidance is completed in 1-5 sessions.

• Electrons for Superficial Tumors

A non-invasive skin cancer treatment uses a precise and calibrated radiation dose that penetrates only a superficial region of tissues and thus spares the underlying structures. It is especially useful for skin lesions including skin cancers, as well as for superficial tumours.

• 3D-CRT

Focused radiation is delivered to tumours using 3-D computer images while sparing healthy tissue. It is a variant of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT)

• 4 D Treatments/ Deep Inspiratory Breath Hold (DIBH)

DIBH is done using a device that allows cancer patients to voluntarily hold their breath during radiation treatment. This technique enables high-precision treatment of moving targets (targets that move with respiration)  inside the body, such as the lungs and liver. 4 D techniques are useful in precisely treating the target and avoiding toxicity to adjacent areas. 

• Rapid Arc 

Rapid Arc is one of the most advanced treatments for radiation treatment. provides more rapid and precise radiation treatments. The treatment is delivered in a high-precision manner, during which the treatment gantry is continuously rotating while delivering the high-precision radiotherapy beam. This technique makes it possible to further reduce damage to healthy tissue with a consequent lower chance of side effects. This technique can also be integrated with 4-D treatments. 

• Brachytherapy

Brachytherapy delivers a high radiation dose to the tumour site while minimizing the exposure of surrounding healthy tissue. This technique involves putting the applicators in the operation theatre or the radiation oncology procedure area. Subsequently, the applicators are connected to the radioactive source, which goes inside to treat the lesion site, as per the treatment plan generated. Brachytherapy can be of various types including intracavitary radiotherapy, intraluminal radiotherapy and interstitial radiotherapy. 

• Image Guided Radiotherapy

Image Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) is a form of radiation therapy that uses 3D imaging or 4D imaging to guide the placement of radiation beams. It treats cancers near sensitive organs or structures. A team of doctors, nurses and technologists work together to create a 3D image/4 D image of the patient's tumour and position the treatment beams to destroy the tumour while minimizing damage to healthy tissues.

• Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy.

Intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) is a type of radiation therapy that uses special equipment to deliver radiation beams to the tumour site. Specific patterns and intensity of rays allow the radiation oncologist to target cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. In the same session, this technique can give a higher intensity of dose to a subsite of tumour at high risk of recurrence and a lower intensity of dose to a portion of tumour with lower tumour burden.

• Rapid arc

RapidArc Therapy is a radiation treatment that uses high-energy radiation continuously while the treating gantry rotates. The machine delivers radiation in the form of arcs or partial circles. The device scans the area to be treated and calculates the optimal shape and dose for each arc.

• IntraCavitary Radiotherapy

Intravenous radiotherapy is a form of brachytherapy that is used especially in cervical cancer patients. When coupled with external beam radiotherapy, it significantly improves treatment outcomes.

• Palliative Care

Palliative care is a specialized form of medical treatment that focuses on providing comfort and relief in the end stages of a terminal illness. Palliative care teams specialize in caring for people with severe and life-threatening diseases.

• Child Life Care

Specialized care for infants, children and adolescents affected with cancer. They help promote coping skills and minimize the adverse effects of hospitalization, health care, and other potentially stressful experiences.

• Play Therapy Care

Experts use natural childhood play to teach children affected with cancer to express their feelings and solve problems. Play Therapy Cancer Care is a program that uses the power of play to help children undergoing cancer treatment. The program develops children's imagination and engages in fun activities, which helps manage stress levels and prevent depression.

• Counselling

Experts make the treatment effective by listening to patients' emotional and spiritual needs. Cancer counselling is the process of helping a person cope with cancer. Counselling can be face-to-face interaction with a counsellor, by phone or online. Cancer counselling can help you learn how to manage your diagnosis, the side effects of your treatment, and any other stressors in your life.

Consult our Cancer Hospital in Delhi if you need diagnosis and treatment for cancer.