Department - Radiotherapy

Introduction :-

It is the oldest Radiotherapy department of West Bengal. The department is equipped with a Tele-cobalt machine (Theratron780C), one Linear accelerator (VARIAN TruBeam), one HDR Brachytherapy unit (Gammamed plus, VARIAN), one CT Simulator (Philips Briliance), along with day-care facility and IPD for dedicated cancer care. We have post graduate trainees for MD Radiotherapy & DRT students as well. Two new MD seats (Total 8 per year) are awaiting recognition for which MCI inspection was held on 26th June, 2020. We aim to provide optimum cancer care keeping the logistics in mind amidst the testing time of COVID 19 pandemic.

Publications (01.01.2020 – 01.12.2020)

1. A Clinicopathological analysis of bone and soft tissue sarcoma in children and young adults: Time to adapt with the rapidly changing landscape? (Acta Medica International, June2020) – Dr. Abhishek Basu, Dr. Debottam Barman
2. A prospective study to assess the predictive factors of radiation induced oral mucositis in head and neck carcinoma and its impact on clinical outcome: Long term results & lessons learned (Int J  Med Sci Public Health 2020;9(3):209-213.- Dr. Bidyut Mandal, Dr. Abhishek Basu

Research activities (Including Thesis) :-

1. Role of New FIGO Staging 2018 in Treatment and Prognostication of Carcinoma Cervix – Dr. Snigdha Hazra
2. Setup Errors using KV-Xray and KV CBCT in Head and Neck Cancers – A Single Institutional Observational Study- Dr. Bidisha Bagchi
3. Comparison of Dosimetry and Outcomes of CT based and PET CT based Treatment Planning in non metastatic NSCLC- Dr. Janmenjoy Mondal
4. A prospective study of evaluating nodal disease response & acute toxicity in CA cervix stage IIIC cases undergoing EBRT with nodal boost & Brachytherapy- Dr. Bhukya Swetha.
5. A prospective study to evaluate the dosimetric benefits and clinical outcome of adaptive radiotherapy in non small cell lung cancer- Dr. Shinjini Chakrabarty
6. A comparison of toxicity profile and compliance to hypofractionation vs conventional fractionation radical radiotherapy for intermediate to high risk carcinoma prostate. – Dr. Sk Rahamatulla

MD-PGT Class Schedule :-

Weekly Seminar & Panel discussion took place from January to March then offline classes in small group started in July and online classes on Google meet started in September.

DRT Class Schedule :-

6 Offline classes taken till March after then 20 online classes were taken, starting on 2nd September, 2020.

OPD Details (with name of the Visiting physician) :-

Monday-       Prof. Dr. Subrata Chatterjee

Tuesday-       Prof. Dr. Asit Ranjan Deb (HOD)

Wednesday-  Dr. Bidyut Mandal

Thursday-     Dr. Madhumoy Pal

Friday-          Dr. Bappaditya Chhatui, Dr. Niladri Roy

Saturday-      By Rotation

Special clinics :-

Indoor Admission Beds :-

Pre-COVID, there were 46 beds (30 male, 16 female) in Green Building 5th floor.
At present, there are 4 Beds (Male-11, 12;  Female- 7, 8) in DHB Down East as Green Building has been converted into a tertiary COVID care centre.

Daycare Chemotherapy Unit :-

Daycare chemotherapy is administered to an average of 15 patients per day from 9am to 2pm, Monday to Saturday.