MPMMCC - Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre

Contact Info

Call: +91-0542-6917700
radonco@mpmmcc.tmc.gov.in
RT Building Ground Floor

Working Hours

Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunday Weekoff

DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY

About

The Department of Radiation Oncology initially started with a Theratron 780c Cobalt Teletherapy machine which was inherited from the erstwhile railway cancer hospital in August 2018. The department presently comprises of 10 Radiation Oncology faculty, 7 Senior residents, 7 Medical Physicists and 18 technological officers with other support staff. The department has been upgraded with installation of 3 linear accelerators (Truebeams with capability for higher technique treatments such as IMRT, Rapid Arc, IGRT, Large field treatment and SBRT/SRT), a CT Simulator, Indigenous Cobalt Teletherapy machine and Brachytherapy. Achieved Statistics: The following are the departmental broad statistics reflecting its growth:

• The Brachytherapy operation theatre has started functioning since July 2020.
• The Department of Radiation Oncology has treated 3827 new patients in the year 2022.
• The footfalls in Radiation Oncology OPD were approximately 16,000 in 2022.
• MD Radiation Oncology course started in February 2022 with intake of 4 students.

The services provided by the department include:

High precision 3D-CRT, IMRT, IGRT, Rapid Arc teletherapy and Electron beam therapy with FFF linear accelerator TrueBeam Version 2.7 and ECLIPSE version 15.6
Frameless SRT / SBRT teletherapy.
CT-simulation with 32 slice CT.
Brachytherapy including: intra-cavitary, intra-luminal, interstitial & mould therapy using an Elekta Flexitron Cobalt-60 brachytherapy unit.
Both day care & inpatient facilities.
Large field irradiations.

Research & Educational Activities:

The department supports research and educational activities for the development and growth of employees.

Education

• MD Radiation Oncology

Research

Ongoing Projects: 37

Publications

National Publications: 02
International Publications: 11
Book Chapters: 02 Books and 02 Chapters in other books.

Achievements:

Dr. Sambit Swarup Nanda was awarded Gold Medal In Best paper category in UPAROICON 2022, Bareilly, UP.
Mr. D Epili secured 1^st position in the College of Medical Physics of India (CMPI) Examinations-2022 (Kingston Medical Physics Award of Excellence).
Mr. Vinay Saini secured 2^nd position in the College of Medical Physics of India (CMPI) Examinations-2022 (Kingston Medical Physics Award of Excellence).

Conferences Teaching Programs:

43^rd ICRO sun PG Teaching Course - 6^th & 7^th May 2023.
13^th IBSCON 2023 - 4^th to 6^th August 2023 Annual Conference of Indian Brachytherapy Society.

Staff Members:

Designation	Name
Professor and Director	Dr. Satyajit Pradhan
Professor and Head	Dr. Ashutosh Mukherji
Associate Professor	Dr. Lincoln Pujari
Assistant Professor	Dr. Abhishek Shinghal Dr. Ajay Kr. Choubey Dr. Ajay S. Krishnan Dr. Prashant Giridhar Dr. Ninad Harish Patil Dr. Sambit Swarup Nanda Dr. Ankita Rungta Kapoor.