Penn Nalam is a non-profit, end-to-end women’s cancer care provider. We aim to save lives of women from cancer through timely detection and treatment. Our services range from creating awareness and educating women on cancer, organizing mass screening programmes, delivering world-class and cost-effective cancer treatment, and caring for their overall well-being and health.
We believe in the age old adage – Prevention is better than cure.
And that’s why we strive to prevent cancer through:
And that’s why we strive to prevent cancer through:
- 01
Awareness
Programmes - 02
Mass Screening Programmes - 03
Immunization - 04
Investigation
Each awareness session we conduct covers the following topics on cervical and breast cancers:
- Cancer burden in the Indian and international societies
- Common cancers in women, especially in India with its signs and symptoms
- Common cancers in women, especially in India with its signs and symptoms
- Primary prevention of cervical cancer and early detection of breast cancer
- Cervical Cancer preventive HPV vaccination
Our regular mass screening programme includes the following tests:
- Cervical cancer screening (Pap smear)
- Breast cancer screening (X-ray mammogram with correlated Sonomammogram)
- Uterine and Ovarian endometrial cancer screening (USG Pelvis)
- Uterine and Ovarian endometrial cancer screening (USG Pelvis)
Our screening programmes are designed not only to detect cancer on time,
but also the following common ailments:
but also the following common ailments:
- Family H/O cancer to know the individual risk
- Obesity (Body mass index –T/R/O)
- Anaemia
- Hypertension
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Hyperlipedemia
- Renal, liver and thyroid abnormalities
- Cervical cancer (80-90% sensitive)
- Breast cancer (88-96% sensitive)
- Uterine and ovarian pathologies and cancer (65-70% sensitive)
Making best-in-class cancer treatment affordable to masses is one of our key goals. We strive to enrol well-experienced doctors and the latest medical technologies to offer comprehensive cancer treatment at reduced costs. Our cancer treatment facilities include:
Diagnosis: A single test is often insufficient to accurately diagnose cancer. We examine a patient’s history thoroughly before administering a series of diagnostic tests, as some times another condition may mimic the symptoms of cancer. We are equipped to conduct diagnostic procedures such as imaging, ultra sound mammogram, laboratory tests, tumour biopsy, pap smear and colposcopy.
Surgery: Surgery is the oldest method of cancer treatment, and offers the best chances to stop certain types of cancer from spreading. Our Cancer Care Center has experienced surgeons to perform curative, preventing, palliative and debunking cancer surgeries.
Chemotherapy: Chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer drugs for cancer treatment. We administer chemotherapy in different forms, depending on the cancer’s status and the patient’s health condition. Presently, we give chemotherapy treatment to cancer affected women at our Day Care Centre. Surgery and radiation therapy patients are taken to other hospitals who help us execute low cost against protocols.
Radiotherapy: Radiation therapy or radiotherapy uses special kinds of energy waves to fight cancer depending on the type and location of the cancer. Methods include internal radiation, external radiation, 3D conformal radiation, Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), and radiosurgery.
All patients who undergo cancer treatment at our Centre receive end-to-end care to help them return back to normal lives. Regular physiotherapy, yoga, reiki and other forms of treatment are incorporated into patient care for general well-being and further prevention of complications. Arm lymphoedema or fluid build-up can occur after breast cancer treatments. We treat and assist patients recovering from cancer to manage the discomforts arising out of lymphoedema. Regular arm exercises to are taught post surgery to prevent lymphoedema.
Apart from cancer treatment and care, our Center also has gynaecologists who offer general consultation for the overall health and well-being of women above 12 years of age.