Cancer and Radiosurgery Centre

The word ‘cancer’ alone is enough to strike fear and dread into every heart, whether for a patient or his/her family members. For many people, the diagnosis alone is enough to paralyse them.

It doesn’t help for a newly diagnosed patient to be referred to one department after another for further tests and biopsies. What they need at this crucial moment is to be given assurance and guidance on what to do next.

That is exactly what our Cancer & Radiosurgery Centre (CRC) offers – a one-stop solution for cancer patients. Our specially-trained oncology nurses understand the psyche of cancer patients and their caregivers, providing unprecedented care and empathy above and beyond their line of duty.

Why? Because we know what cancer does to your spirits. The last thing a patient needs at this point is to feel nobody cares. Because we do.

Image-Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IGIMRT)

We also know that having cancer does not just affect the patient but also has an impact upon the lives of the patient’s family. As such, our CRC takes into consideration the care and management of the patient and family members throughout diagnosis, treatment and after-care.

Cancer treatment can be long-drawn and exhausting on the body, emotions and finances of everyone involved. This is where we excel, by providing you a combination of the best treatment options possible with psychosocial support to tide over your toughest moments.

3D High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachytherapy System

Our world class state-of-the-art oncology and radiosurgery facilities include:

• Tomotherapy
• Image-Guided Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IGIMRT)
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery System (SRS) & Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (SRT)
• Total Body Irradiation (TBI) used in bone marrow and stem cell transplant
• 3 dimensional High Dose Rate Brachytherapy
• PET/CT
• Nuclear Medicine Imaging
• Nuclear Medicine Therapy including Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer
• Paediatric and Adult Chemotherapy Day Care

Our Cancer Support Groups, comprising past and present cancer patients, offer invaluable psycho-social support not only for patients but for their family and friends. Hospital facilitators are present to guide participants along and ensure that correct information is being delivered.

Sharing fears, joys, triumphs and despair with people in the same boat has been found to be very therapeutic for patients and their caregivers. Currently, we have four support groups as well as palliative support system:

1. Prostate Cancer Support Group
2. Breast Cancer Support Group
3. NPC (nasopharyngeal) Cancer Support Group
4. Parent (child cancers) Support Group
5. Colorectal Cancer Support Group (upcoming)