BRACHYTHERAPY

Internal Beam Radiation Therapy

Internal beam radiation therapy allows exposure of only those cells which are affected with cancer by inserting a small amount of radioactive substance into the human body. In the case of mammary gland cancer, plastic tubes penetrated with radioactive wires are inserted into the gland. For cervix uteri cancer and uterus cancer, radiation source is inserted into cervix uteri.

Brachytherapy is a type of radiation therapy used to treat cancer. Radiation therapy is the use of a type of energy, called ionizing radiation, to kill cancer cells and shrink tumours. Unlike external beam therapy (EBT), in which high - energy X-ray beams generated by a machine are directed at the tumour from a distance outside the body, brachytherapy involves placing a radioactive material directly inside the body.

Brachytherapy is used to treat cancers throughout the body, including the :

Prostate

Cervix

Head and neck

Breast

Gallbladder

Uterus

Vagina

In temporary brachytherapy, the radioactive material is placed inside or near a tumour for a specific amount of time and then withdrawn. In temporary brachytherapy, a delivery device, such as a catheter, needle or applicator is placed into the tumour using fluoroscopy, ultrasound or CT to help position them. The physician may insert the radioactive material at the same time remotely through the delivery device, and later remove the material and delivery device. Temporary brachytherapy can be administered at a high-dose rate (HDR).

AHI has HDR Brachytherapy from Nucletron, Model Microselectron HDR.X.

Diseases:-
The oncologists at AHI are equipped to treat various kinds of cancers, including but not limited to:

• Larynx
• Colorectal Cancer
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Leukaemia
• Prostate Cancer
• Oesophagus Cancer
• Oral Cancer
• Thyroid Cancer

Special Care Units / Diagnostic Equipment / Facilities

• Diffusion Weighted Whole Body Imaging with Background Body Signal (DWIBS)
• 3 Tesla MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
• Mammography System
• PET Scan
• Advanced CT Scan (64-slice CT)
• PET-CT Fusion Technology
• Dual Head Gamma Camera
• Brachytherapy
• Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) - the first in North India

Team of Specialists:

• Dr Ranga Rao Consultant- Medical OncologyView Profile

• Dr. Deep Goel, Gastrointestinal Surgeon Consultant- Surgical OncologyView Profile

• Dr. Deepak Sarin, Head and Neck SurgeryConsultant- Surgical OncologyView Profile

• Dr. Siddharth Ramesh Sahni, Breast SurgeonConsultant- Surgical OncologyView Profile

• Dr Subodh Pandey Consultant- Radiation OncologistView Profile