Radiation oncology (radiotherapy/radiation therapy) is a branch of medicine that is an essential part of a multi-disciplinary approach to cancer patient management. It uses high energy x rays (photons) most commonly delivered through a linear accelerator. Gamma Knife, or Co60 Teletherapy, Proton Therapy, or Carbon Ion therapy are the part of Radiation Oncology.

It is estimated that about half of cancer patients will benefit from radiation therapy as part of their overall cancer treatment. It means one out of two patients of cancer will get the actual benefit of radiation therapy during their illness. 

Radiation therapy is a local treatment like surgery and has the limited side effects over the treated area only, and has no bad effects on blood cells or body. Radiation therapy is highly cost-effective cancer treatment that completes in one day to five days in radiosurgery and maximum in 35 days in conventional radiation therapy treatments. It is very strong modality to control cancer pain and cancer bleeding in the body.  Radiation therapy plays an important role in cure of cancer. All cancers that are cured, 40% of them receive radiation therapy during the course of treatment. While radiation is being used in palliative setting in almost 100 % of the solid tumors. 

As we all know, cancer being the leading cause of death world-wide, improvement in radiation oncology treatments will help cancer patient access to radiation therapy for cure of tumor. 

At NCCI, we have an extra ordinary setup of state-of-the-art radiation therapy units that provide treatments at par with international standards, providing excellence in radiation therapy.

Gamma Knife® ICON™, Elekta-Synergy-S® and Elekta Synergy-Agility® are the most modern radiation therapeutic units all over the world, and it is with the help of these the treatment therapies at NCCI are comparable to any of the services that are being provided all over the world. Because of these facilities and the treatment options available for the patients there is a higher cure rate for the patients. The techniques that are in use at NCCI result in 

• Fewer side effects 
• Faster treatment times 
• Reduced number of treatments 
• Motion management systems and tumor tracking ability allows us to deliver radiation dose very precisely and targeted while limiting damage to important adjacently lying normal organs. 
• Advances in real-time imaging with CT (4-D CT) and MRIs empowers Radiation Oncology teams to compensate for patient movements, like breathing.
• Adaptive radiation therapy allows to change the treatment plans during treatment by observing the changes in tumor shape and size.

NCCI is the pioneering institute of Pakistan in Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Brain and Body. Brain & spine tumors in adults and children, who require radiation therapy to the whole brain and whole spine can be artistically treated (by using the technique of Craniospinal Irradiation- CSI) here with two of our most modern linear accelerators.

Following Radiation Therapy Techniques available at NCCI

• 3D-CRT: 3-D Conformal Radiotherapy
• IMRT: Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy
• IGRT: Image Guided Radiotherapy
• VMAT: Volumetric Modulated Radiotherapy
• SRS: Stereotactic Radiosurgery
• SBRT: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
• SABR: Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy
• GK-SRS: Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiotherapy
• X-Knife SRS/SBRT: X-Knife Stereotactic Radiotherapy/Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

Consultant Oncologists at NCCI;

• Dr. Azhar Rashid BSc, MBBS, FCPS (Radiotherapy), MSc Oncology (UK)

• Dr Muhammad Ali Memon MBBS, MCPS, FCPS (Radiotherapy)
• Dr Asghar H Asghar MBBS, FCPS (Radiotherapy), MSc Nuclear Medicine

For Medical & Radiation Oncology Appointments:

Monday through Saturday, 08:00am to 08:00pm

• UAN: 021-111-000-212, Ext 115 & 133

For Radiation Treatment Information & Appointment: 

• Direct Landline # 021-32229836
• UAN: 021-111-000-212, Ext 115, & 133