About J.B. Mody Cancer Centre
The NCRP (National cancer registry programme) report 2021 stated that in Gujarat 58% of head and neck cancers, 50% of stomach cancers (men) and 60% of cervical cancers have already spread outside the primary tissue when the patient came to a medical facility for the first diagnosis.
The NCRP (National cancer registry programme) report 2021 stated that in Gujarat 58% of head and neck cancers, 50% of stomach cancers (men) and 60% of cervical cancers have already spread outside the primary tissue when the patient came to a medical facility for the first diagnosis.
Due to the absence of cancer-treating medical infrastructure in the district, Patients from Bharuch had to move to Vadodara, Surat or Ahmedabad for their therapy and surgeries.
Considering this need Smt. Jayaben Mody Hospital had started OPD, Operation and Chemo Therapy for Onco patients for the last four years, However, since there was no radiation facility and hence after putting gigantic efforts, we successfully established our radiation centre at the cost of Rs.26 crores.
The imported machines from Varian USA-Vital Beam with all attachments which can treat 97% of the patients, cost 12.2 crores and 3.3 crores duty/GST.
With our technically advanced radiation centre, which has the latest infrastructure, we are able to provide diagnosis and treatment of medical complications ranging from chronic to acute.
Radiotherapy, also known as radiation therapy, is a type of treatment that uses radiation to treat cancer and other diseases. Radiation Therapy damages cancer cell DNA. Once this occurs, the cancer cells are unable to grow and spread. The body naturally eliminates these damaged cancer cells. Radiation can affect normal cells as well, however, they are able to heal themselves in a way that cancerous cells cannot. To give a maximum dose to the tumour and to give a minimal dose to surrounding normal tissues, radiotherapy is the main aim.
We have received donation funds of 10.76 crores from various industries that aid in philanthropy and care for betterment in the processes of cancer curing. Again, The baton for this noble cause is held by Shri J B Mody Family, Shri B P Mehta and Pallaviben Mehta as they have donated Rs.10.00 crores in memory of Late Shri J B Mody
| Features | Description |
| High-definition dynamic radiosurgery (HDRS) | Dynamic radiosurgery with software module to treat very small tumours without affecting normal organs |
| Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) | Frameless non-invasive radiosurgery of head region capable of achieving high positional accuracy. |
| Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) | High dose per sitting radiotherapy of body region capable of achieving high positional accuracy. |
| Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) | Faster delivery of highly shaped beams without interrupting machine rotation |
| Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) | Daily imaging during radiation therapy to improve accuracy & precision |
| Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) | Highly shaped beams to deliver radiation therapy with sparing of normal organs |
| Active Breathing Coordinator (ABC) | Breathing coordinator for chest & upper abdomen tumours to reduces dose to normal organs |
| Flattening Filter Free (FFF) beams | Delivers radiotherapy in 4-5 fold increase in dose rate, thereby reduces treatment time |
| Hexapod Evo RT system | Robotic patient positioning platform providing six degrees of freedom and accuracy |
| 4D CBCT& intrafraction imaging | Real-time imaging during the treatment delivery to detect tumour motion in lung & upper abdomen tumours. |
| Monte Carlo based algorithms & radiobiological based optimization (MONACO) | Specialized treatment planning software for achieving high dose calculation accuracy that uses biological cost functions. |
Three-dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy (3DCRT)
Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy delivers radiation in an effort to block normal tissues at suitable angles according to the size and shape of the tumour.
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
IMRT uses software-based planning and delivery of tightly focused radiation beams to tumours. This enhances the precision of the beam and neglects side effects on others organs.
Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT)
IGRT is a step ahead of IMRT towards precision with millimetre accuracy. A CT scan of the patient is taken prior to delivering radiation using a cone-beam CT scanner attached to the linear accelerator.
Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)
Limitations of fixed-field IMRT has led to the development of arc-based IMRT in which the machine moves around the patient at the time of radiation delivery. VMAT is an arc-based approach to delivering IMRT with the following merits:
Stereotactic Radiosurgery & Radiotherapy (SRS / SRT)
SRS/SRT are high precision techniques that use a highly potent biological dose of radiation delivered using a 3D coordinate system for the exact localization of the tumours, thus ensuring millimetre accuracy.
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)
SBRT is similar to the concept of SRS applied for tumours in the body even with respiratory and other movements. It may include 1 to 8 high-dose radiation sessions to ablate the tumours with motion management techniques. This was not achievable previously and has much better outcomes than fractionated radiation therapy and is useful even in resistant tumours.
Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
Total body irradiation is a technique where radiation is given to the whole body as a part of the conditioning of Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT). Technically it's quite challenging to cover the whole body uniformly and save vital organs like the lungs.
