Currently, the institution is providing surgery and systemic (chemo, hormonal and target) therapy services in the treatment of cancer.
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At BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan, 425 operations for various types of cancer have been performed in one year. In the fiscal year 2081/82, 425 surgeries for various types of cancer and 3,650 people underwent chemo therapy during the same period, the foundation said.
According to the statistics of the foundation's financial year 2081/82, brain tumor 41 people, thyroid cancer 5 people, oral cavity cancer 37 people, breast and endocrine cancer 80 people, spine tumor 3 people, mediastinal tumor 1 person, gastrointestinal cancer 54 people were operated on.
Similarly, 35 people with hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer, 6 people with renal cancer, 24 people with urinary bladder cancer, 11 people with prostate cancer, 25 people with ovarian cancer, 8 people with cervical cancer, and 10 people with endometrial cancer have been operated on.
In addition to loop electrosurgical excision surgery of pre-cancer gynecological lesions, 40 people, 1 person with urethral cancer, 2 people with penile cancer, 3 people with valvular cancer, 21 people with bone tumor, and 19 people with other cancers have been operated on . In addition to
surgery, the number of people taking systemic therapy outside of the systemic (chemo, hormonal and target) therapy services run at the institute for cancer prevention is mentioned in the statistics as 2,728. It is said that the number of people receiving systemic (chemo, hormonal and target) therapy services is 922.
Foundation has been conducting cancer prevention, screening OPD, gastrointestinal endoscopy, breast clinic and breast cancer awareness program, visual inspection with acetic acid, HPVDNA testing and colposcopy services. Spokesperson Prada Anju Pradhan said that the service of the
foundation has provided easy access to surgery and chemo therapy, two of the three techniques of cancer treatment, especially to the general public who cannot go outside the country for treatment. The foundation informed the stakeholders of cancer treatment that radio therapy as a third technique of cancer treatment is also available in the foundation. She is .
"Although all the necessary technologies and methods are not available in the establishment, they are playing a significant role in cancer treatment," she said. Also, she said that the foundation is currently providing surgery and systemic (chemo, hormonal and target) therapy services for cancer treatment and is also upgrading them over time.
