The department which is headed by DR.RUPA R,
One Stop Breast Center
We Screen | We Diagnose | We Manage
The word cancer even today can be terrifying to any person. A lump in the breast can be a cause of intense worry to a person. Not all lumps in the breast turn out to be cancer. Many of them do not require any treatment at all. Breast cancer when detected early is curable and patients continue to live normal lives for many decades when treated in an appropriate way.
Breast cancer is a serious threat to women of all ages. In fact in urban India, Breast Cancer is one of the most common cancers affecting women. On the other side, the death rates in breast cancer has been going down significantly due to advancement in both diagnosis and treatment.
Thus it is extremely important that speciality centers are developed which can comprehensively diagnose and treat every kind of breast problem whether it be a small noncancerous lump or a tumour that turns out to be a cancer.
The aim of the breast cancer at Kovai Medical Center and Hospital is to screen, Diagnose and appropriately manage any patient with breast problem. We also understand that women in India
are comfortable speaking to another lady and thus the key people who coordinate and run the breast center are women doctors. They will counsel and investigate with what is tailored to suit your problem and advice you to an appropriate line of treatment with an aim to give you many many years of cancer free life.
The KMCH Breast Center is a “One Stop Comprehensive Breast Care Center”
From counselling to screening and diagnosis to treatment, the center brings together the best specialists and state-of-the-art technology to ensure that you are provided with information and care equal to the best centers in the world.
Vision, Purpose & Values
Our Vision
Every Person affected by breast related problems receive the best treatment, information and support.
Our Role
To support, inform and influence
Our Value
Caring, person-centered, trustworthy, determined.
Facilities
Full Field Digital Mammography :KMCH has state-of –the-art full field digital mammography system by Siemens mammomat inspiration which is consider to be the best of its class in the world. It provides true and complete digital platform for screening, diagnosis and procedures. It is extremely fast and efficient, intelligently provides optimal compression based on breast thickness and also delivers less radiation dose.
Stereotactic Biopsy : The full field digital mammogram unit also has a completely automated stereotactic Biopsy unit .A mammographically detected suspicious abnormally can be targeted with 100% accuracy. The entire procedure is completed in few minutes.
Ultrasound : KMCH has high-end ultrasound machine, Volusion E8, with dedicated high resolution 2D and 3D probes and elastography. The machine provides accurate guidance for all interventional procedures like fine-needle aspiration cytology, true- cut biopsy, wire localization of breast lesions.
MRI : KMCH has the wide bore 3T machine, Siemens Skyra, the best of it its class. It is only 3T MRI available at present in Coimbatore and is one of the few in the country. MR imaging of the breast is done with dedicated breast coils, which provides fine details that are important for treatment planning. It also provides functional information about the cancer, which are important for treatment planning and follow up.
Whole Body PET CT : Whole body PET CT Scanner is the only PET CT available at present in coimbatore. It enables single step whole body cancer burden estimation and accurately stages the cancer. In addition it also tells about the treatment outcome.
Dual Head Gamma Camera with Diagnostic CT (SPECT – CT) : Whole body PET CT scanner is the only PET CT available at present in coimbatore. It enables single step whole body cancer burden estimation and accurately stages the cancer. In addition it also tells about treatment outcome.
Radio Nuclide Therapy facilities : KMCH offers the latest treatment in bone pain palliation for metastatic skeletal lesions.
Pathology : KMCH has state of the art fully equipped histopathology lab. We provide biopsy report in two to three days. the lab has facility to do immunohistochemistry (ER,PR,HER – 2 status etc.,) which is vital for the management of the cancer.
Surgery : The surgeries offered ranges from removal of benign lumps to cancer surgery. Breast cancers are treated by either breast conservation surgery ( only the tumors with little of surrounding healthy tissue removed) or mastectomy (removal of the entire breast with lymph nodes).
Reconstructive Surgeries : KMCH also offers reconstructive surgeries with myocutaneous flaps and breast implants.
Radiation Oncology : KMCH is one of the few centers in india to offer 4D respiratory gated radiotherapy where patients with left sided breast cancer undergo radiation only during specific phases of breathing thereby reducing radiation dose to heart and lugs. Patients undergoing breast conservation surgery who are suitable for partial breast irradiation can be treated with accelerated partial breast irradiation ( APBI) which reduces treatments time and enhances cosmoses. The center also equipped with an exclusive brachytherapy setup for performing interstitial brachytherapy.
Chemotherapy : Most patients receive chemotherapy on daycare basis in an exclusive onco day care unit. If indicated patients are treated with targeted therapy which markedly reduces the side effects. Cool cap technique is also available which reduces the hair loss during chemotherapy.
Psychosocial Support : A dedicated psychological counselor works full time to offer emotional support to patients. Patients are counseled about various treatments effects and healthy life style modifications effects. Cool cap technique is also available which reduces the hair loss during chemotherapy.