Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 29: Concerned by the rapid rise in the number of cancer patients, particularly skin cancer, in the State, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Narayana Superspeciality Hospital has been providing treatment for skin cancer through its high precision radiation therapy.
As per international guidelines, radiation therapy has been found to be highly effective in curing small basal or squamous cell skin cancers and have been, in fact, seen to delay the growth of more advanced cancers.
SMVD Narayana Hospital treats several skin cancers using this radiation therapy through its exclusive facility meant for the purpose. Skin cancer does not only refer to cancers that are on the skin, but also tumors like that of face, eyes and ear lobes. Dr Vikas Roshan, a noted radiation oncologist of Jammu looks after this radiation therapy facility at SMVD Narayana Hospital.
Dr Vikas Roshan said, “Radiation treatment for skin cancer is a noninvasive therapy. The cancer cells are targeted by means of a beam of electrons called electron beam radiation. Since the beam doesn’t go any deeper than skin, the side effects of the beam to other organs in the body are drastically limited. The hospital provides radiation therapy with a state-of-the-art LINAC (Linear Accelerator). The high-end treatment ensures that it destroy the cancer cells while sparing the surrounding normal tissue, thus improving patients quality of outcomes”.
To provide a comprehensive care for the patients suffering from skin cancer and other skin related diseases, SMVD Narayana Hospital is backed up with department of dermatology, where early detection of same can be done with latest equipment’s and world class diagnostic services, also follow-up treatment and cosmetic reconstruction is available under one roof.
The team at Narayana Hospital has been working tirelessly to treat skin cancer patients that drop in from various parts of the region. The facility provides state-of-the-art treatment for cancer, helps prevent its spread and improves quality of life by relieving pain and other associated symptoms.
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