Samarpan

One major focus at Samarpan hospital is Breast Oncoplastic Surgery, which combines the principles of Breast Cancer surgery as well as aesthetic surgery.

Chemotherapy is the kind of treatment where drugs or medicines are introduced in the body, which are toxic enough to kill the tumour cells.

The Risk Reduction Clinic is a multi-disciplinary program designed to identify, counsel and manage women at high risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC).

Ultrasound is an imaging test by which images of your breast can be viewed on a screen for detecting cancer, by sending high-frequency sound waves through it. It is the poor man’s MRI.

The VAB device is a state-of-the-art instrument at Samarpan, which provides 99% accuracy in diagnosing even the smallest of lesions (0.2 mm- 0.3 mm size), or even accumulation of (calcifications) calcium salts in the breast, indicating early cancer.

There are certain early indicators of cancer such as micro-calcifications, which cannot be diagnosed by physical examination or ultrasound, or even by biopsies using mammogram or sonomammogram.

Cancer - the name brings with itself a host of emotions. Right from the diagnosis through the treatment, it is a journey of reviewing one’s life and thinking of how one would like it to be.

High-density breasts make it difficult to detect tumour in these breasts using a mammogram, as both the dense tissue and tumour appear white. This is a common occurrence in India and therefore, at Samarpan, we use the Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS).