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    Cancer Infrastructure Available

    Vydehi Oncology Center, Whitefield, Bangalore

    Address: Whitefield, Bangalore
      • Equipped to treat early and advanced stage cancer
      • Has a multi-disciplinary team of oncologists (surgical, medical, and radiation oncology, bone marrow transplantation, hemato-oncology)
      • Tumor board review meetings are held regularly. In the meeting, multiple specialists discuss a patient's treatment plan jointly.
    DCode Care Expert Analysis
      • 81% of cancer services recommended by international standards to comprehensively treat cancer is available here
      • 9 of 9 types of specialists required to treat cancer are available
      • The average experience of treating doctors is 12 years (as specialists)

Specialist

The surgical oncology department has a Breast Cancer services team comprised of surgeons trained in advanced breast procedures (sentinel lymphnode biopsies, various types of mastectomies, oncoplastic breast surgeries) and high number of breast conservation surgeries. They have Dr. Thyagaraj, the plastic surgeon who has advance training in Reconstructive breast surgery from Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona, Spain.

  • Surgical oncologist
  • Plastic surgeon
  • Medical oncologist
  • Radiation oncologist
  • Palliative care specialist
  • Onco-pathologist
  • Radiologist
  • Professional Genetic Counselor
  • Mental Health Professional
  • Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
  • Dietitian
  • Tumor Board

Infrastructure

Basic Services-Diagnostic & Preparatory Tests

  • History & Physical Exam
  • Mammography
  • X-ray
  • Ultrasound
  • Pathology
  • ER/PR status test

Specialized Services-Diagnostic & Preparatory Tests (Basic+)

  • Ultrasound
  • Histology
  • Surgical Biopsy
  • Core Biopsy
  • FNAC
  • Surgery

Super-Specialized Services-Diagnostic & Preparatory Tests (Specialized+)

  • CT with contrast
  • HER2 test by IHC/ISH
  • Professional Genetic Counseling
  • Mental Health Professional - psychology / psychiatric
  • Social Work / Counseling services

Basic Services- Treatment

  • Surgery
  • Chemotherapy
  • Endocrine Therapy
  • Basic Palliative Care

Specialized Services- Treatment (Basic+)

  • Radiation Therapy
  • Palliative RT
  • General Palliative Care Team

Super-Specialized Services- Treatment (Specialized+)

  • Reconstruction Surgery
  • Dedicated Palliative Care Specialist
  • Targeted Therapy

Basic Services- FOLLOW- UP

  • History & Physical Exam
  • Endocrine Therapy

Specialized Services- FOLLOW UP (Basic+)

  • Mammography
  • Lymphedema management
  • Gynecologic Assessment

Facilities

24x7 Emergency Room

  • ICU
  • Ambulance
  • Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department
  • Govt. insurance accepted
  • Private Insurance accepted
  • TPA Desk

Why Choose This Hospital

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

One-stop-shop for all cancer treatments: Vydehi Cancer Center has all departments required to treat cancer – Surgical, Medical and Radiation Oncology. Being a multi-specialty hospital, apart from oncologists, the hospital has other specialists who are often required to collaborate with oncologists e.g. urologists, pulmonologists, gastroenterologists, neurosurgeons etc. Patients don’t have to be referred out for services, almost everything patients need is available in one place here.

Experience of high-volume of cancer patients: Vydehi serves thousands of cancer patients every year. So far they have handled over 18,764 cancer cases. The team has very experienced doctors heading the oncology departments. Since many cases come regularly from Karnataka, Andhra and Tamil Nadu doctors are exposed to wide variety of cancer cases.

Research and Evidence Based Cancer treatment: Vydehi hospital also has a medical college on campus. The institution invests in research towards oncology, all the heads of oncology departments (Dr. Ganesh, Dr Geeta and Dr. Shashidhar) publish research papers regularly. Regualrly publishing research keeps the doctors abreast with latest advancements in cancer treatment. The team prides itself in giving evidence-based cancer treatment, tumor board reviews where many specialists discuss a cancer case, are held regularly here. Patients can get an opinion from wide team of specialists to decide their treatment plan in this one meeting.

Affordable Cancer Care: Vydehi offers affordable treatment for patients. Many patients from lower income group are also able to afford care here. Consultation and treatment fees are lower than many private large hospitals in Bangalore.

Focus on Palliative Care / Pain Management: The cancer department has a special focus on palliative medicine required for pain management and relief from discomfort during cancer treatment. This is a speciality that is globally considered very important part of cancer treatment. Vydehi has specialists dedicated to providing this care to cancer patients.