Dr. Ankita Patel

Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy

IMRT uses computer-controlled beams that modulate their intensity to shape radiation dose tightly around the tumour. This allows higher doses to reach the cancer while sparing surrounding healthy organs and tissues.

Image-Guided Radiation Therapy

IGRT takes imaging scans — often CT or X-ray — immediately before each treatment session to verify patient positioning and tumour location. Any detected shift is corrected before radiation is delivered, improving accuracy throughout the course.

Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy

VMAT delivers radiation while the machine rotates continuously around the patient in one or more arcs. The beam shape, dose rate, and speed all change dynamically, producing highly conformal plans in shorter treatment times.

Stereotactic Body / Radiosurgery

SBRT (body) and SRS (brain) deliver ablative doses of radiation in 1–5 sessions to small, well-defined tumours. Immobilisation devices and advanced imaging ensure sub-millimetre accuracy across every fraction.

Brachytherapy (Internal Radiation)

Brachytherapy places radioactive seeds or a catheter directly inside or adjacent to the tumour. Because the source is so close to the cancer, very high doses are delivered locally while surrounding tissues receive substantially less radiation.

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy uses medicines given intravenously or orally that travel through the bloodstream to reach cancer cells. It can be given before surgery (neoadjuvant), alongside radiation (concurrent), or after primary treatment (adjuvant).

Immunotherapy

Immunotherapy includes checkpoint inhibitors and other agents that help your immune system recognise and destroy cancer cells. It can produce durable responses in selected patients whose tumours express certain biomarkers.

Targeted Therapy

Targeted therapies are drugs designed to block specific proteins or pathways that cancer cells depend on to grow. Genomic or molecular testing of the tumour helps identify which targets are present and which drug is most likely to work.