Thoracic Oncology

Thoracic oncologists at Yashoda Cancer Institute specialize in the treatment of thoracic tumors. These tumors include Lung cancers, Esophageal cancers and mediastinal tumors.
Multidisciplinary teams of specialists provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of patients with these tumors

Oncology experts from this unit work as part of an integrated team of specialists, who provide efficient, coordinated care for people with tumors of the lung and esophagus. The objective of all treatment is to completely eradicate the tumor with the available armamentarium of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Some diseases treated within the division are listed below.

Radiation therapy for moving organs such as lung is a challenge for any oncologists. This can be adequately tackled by respiratory gating facility. Yashoda cancer institute is equipped with the latest respiratory gating facility and with the available RapidArc; highly conformal radiation therapy can be safely delivered without many side-effects.

Treatment of these tumors also involves major surgeries like esophagectomies and lung resections. Apart from the available surgical expertise, the facilities for postoperative intensive care are available at the institute. The treatment also involves administration of prolonged chemotherapeutic drugs as well as targeted agents.

Some of the tumors treated at this unit are as follows: