Department of Radiotherapy & Radiation Medicine
Year of establishment: 1967
The department was established in 1967. The faculty in the
Department of Radiotherapy & Radiation Medicine is actively involved
in treatment of cancer patients, teaching and research. For the management
of cancer patients using ionizing radiation, the department is equipped
with sophisticated radiotherapy equipment and cancer chemotherapy facility
is also available. The Department is working with the objective of providing
state of the art cancer treatment facility and starting new training programmes
for radiation oncology professionals. The faculty is actively involved
in the following research areas: Chemo-radiation in management of Cervical
and Head & Neck Cancers, Chemo radiotherapy in Gall bladder cancer,
Community oncology with emphasis on early detention, Geriatric Oncology,
Digital Portal imaging and Indigenization of Radiation equipment.
The department is equipped with two latest version rotational telecobalt
units for external beam radiation therapy and both manual and computer
controlled remote after-loading system for brachytherapy. Brachytherapy
includes both intracavitary and interstitial implantation facility. The
department also has Radiation therapy Simulator for treatment planning
and field verification, computerized treatment planning system and facility
for making thermoplastic immobilization cast used during patient treatment.
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