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DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

The Department of Medical Oncology at the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology is a nationally and internationally acclaimed unit for the treatment of adult solid tumors and hematological malignancies. The medical oncology department subscribes to all the objectives, vision and mission of the Institute. The Department of Medical Oncology was started under the leadership of Dr N Lalitha along with Paediatrics wing, who was a renowned professor of Medicine at Government Medical College.

The Medical Oncology specialty uses medicines to treat cancer. The Department of Medical Oncology at KMIO plays a pivotal role in the diagnosis and treatment of all types of cancers of the blood as well as solid organs. The services are provided by a multidisciplinary team consisting of Medical Oncologists, Physicians, Nurses, Clinical Psychologists & Sociologists. The Department specializes in the treatment of cancer with chemotherapy, biotherapy, supportive care and bone marrow transplantation. The Department is also involved in DM Training in Medical Oncology and a broad range of Basic Research as well as Clinical Research.

The Department of Medical Oncology consists of 6 faculty members (consultants) who are highly qualified and immensely experienced. 22 DM trainees are currently undergoing their DM training in Medical Oncology under these 6 faculty members. The Nursing Staff are well trained and well versed in chemotherapy administration and care of long-term venous access devices and chemoports. The team effort by committing ourselves to patient care has resulted in improved survival rates and reduced morbidity. The Department of Medical Oncology is committed to further improving the diagnosis and treatment of adult patients with cancer.

The Department runs outpatient clinic services every day where about 200 to 300 patients visit the OPD per day. At any point of time, around 90 patients are admitted as in-patients in wards for chemotherapy, management of complications and for work-up. For every new patient, after a diagnosis is established, there is Departmental meeting for planning of treatment. The Department has its own medical minor O.T. and procedure room where all the minor procedures such as Bone Marrow Aspirations / Biopsy, Ascitic and Pleural Tapping, True Cut Biopsy etc., are carried out under full aseptic precautions. The two Day care chemotherapy wards under the Department provide day care chemotherapy to approximately 80 patients per day. The Department also provides for autologous stem cell transplantation for malignancies like non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and multiple myeloma and allogenic stem cell transplantation for leukemias through the BMT Block under it. Department also helps in the treatment of poor patients along with government schemes and charity from various social organizations.

Clinical Services:

  • OPD
  • In-patient
  • Medical minor OT
  • Day care chemotherapy
  • Central venous catheter clinic
  • Medical ICU
  • Bone marrow transplantation
  • Medical Oncology Procedure room
  • Emergency room
  • ECG

OPD:

The Medical Oncology OPD is situated in the 1st floor of the New Infosys OPD Block and is equipped with 10 consultation rooms.  The OPD is manned and run by consultants with help from post graduates.  Approximately 200 to 300 patients attend OPD (highest in the Institute) per day.  The space is insufficient to cater to the large number of patients & needs to be expanded.

Inpatient:

The total number of General beds allotted to the Department of the Medical Oncology is 90.  The wards are located in the Sipani Daga Block and the bed distribution is as follows.

Majority of the inpatients are of acute Leukemias who require constant monitoring and intensive supportive care.  Patients with complications following chemotherapy are also admitted & managed in the Wards.  In addition affordable patients and patients with reimbursement facility are admitted in special wards of Shantigrama and Anikethana.

Medical Minor OT:

The Medical Minor OT is situated in the New Infosys OPD Block adjacent to the Medical OPD.  Bone Marrow aspiration & biopsy, lumbar puncture & Intrathecal chemotherapy procedures are performed in the Medical Minor OT.

Daycare Chemotherapy:

The Day Care chemotherapy wards 1 & 2 are situated in the OT & Diagnostic Block.  It is equipped with 60 reclining chairs (40 chairs in Day care I & 20 chairs in Day Care-II) for chemotherapy administration, 3 Biosafety Cabinets, 2 Defibrillators and 2 ECG Machines.  All the day care chemotherapies are administered in the Day Care Ward from 8:00AM to 8:00PM

CVC Clinic: 

The CVC Clinic is situated in the Jindal Block.  Central line placements, dressing, flushing & port access are performed in Central Venous Catheter Clinic

New Medical ICU:

The New Medical ICU at Sipani Daga Block was inaugurated on 1st March 2023.  It is equipped with 28 beds, 8 Ventilators, 1 ABG Machine, 42 Monitors, 2 Defibrillators & 1 ECG Machine.  It is manned 24 hours by a Resident doctor.  Currently Ventilator is management is done by Resident doctors in consultation with Department of Anaesthesia.  However for better management of ICU Patients services of an Intensivist is essential.

BMT Services:

The BMT Block is situated in the 3rd floor of the Jindal Block.  It was inaugurated on 19th of April 2022.  It is equipped with state of the art facilities for performing both autologous and allogenic Bone Marrow Transplantation.  It is 10 bedded & caters to both pediatric & adult transplants.

Medical Oncology Procedure Room:

A Separate Medical Oncology procedure room was opened from January 2022 in the Jindal Block to perform procedures like pleural tapping, Ascitic tapping, tru-cut biopsy, cleaning & dressing etc. This helped in decongesting the Medical Minor OT & reducing the waiting time for patients for such procedures.

Emergency room:

There are two emergency rooms- Male Treatment Room and Female Treatment Room Patients reporting to the Emergency room are attended to immediately, assessed and emergency treated instituted. Thereafter patients are triaged and shifted either to ward or Medical ICU at the earliest possible time.

ECG:

  • ECG of all the patients attending the hospital are done by the 2 ECG Technicians under the Department in the ECG Room adjacent to the Medical Oncology OPD.
  • One of the ECG Technicians Mr. Parashiva Murthy will be attaining superannuation in the month of May 2023. A request for appointing a new technician in his place preferably a female technician has been sent to the administration.

Medical Oncology training highlights

  • PRINCIPLE: Practice Based Learning and Improvement
  • Medical Oncology Residents are trained to:
  • Use of information technology to support own education.
  • Making maximum use of support staff.
  • Research aptitude demonstrated through curiosity, creativity, and the ability to evaluate and analyze data.
  • Ability to work independently.
  • Motivated and active attitude toward learning.
  • Manage fatigue and sleep deprivation.
  • Appropriate attire and respectful demeanor.
  • Ask for assistance when needed.
  • Manage one’s physical, emotional and mental health.
  • Accept professional criticism for professional development.
  • Serve as a role model for other practicing and resident physicians.
  • Prioritize, convey and manage simultaneous critical clinical events.
  • Obtain and document informed consent even under challenging circumstances (ex. language and cultural barriers).
  • Breaking bad news.
  • Assess one’s practice experience through thoughtful analysis and self-reflection
  • Utilize online resources (PubMed, Medscape, NCBI, Uptodate and other Evidence Based Medicine databases) to locate the latest and best information on Oncological problems.
  • Help in the education of other residents, medical students and health care professionals.

Awards, Achievements and Accolades:

  • Linu Abraham Jacob, Prof & Head, Dept of Medical Oncology, received Certificate of Recognition on the occasion of National Doctor’s Day Friday 1st July 2022 for exemplary contribution under Ayushman Bharath Arogya Karnataka by treating beneficiaries of the scheme in the state of Karnataka.
  • Sreevalli (IIIrd Year DM PG) received Gold medal for securing first rank in Karnataka in the DM Medical Oncology Final Examination 2022 conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore
  • Anup Hegde & Dr. Sindhusha (IInd Year DM PGs) won the 1st Prize in the debate competition held by Association of Medical Oncologists of India (AMOI) on 24th May 2022 at Bangalore. 
  • Anup Hegde & Dr. Sabeena (IInd Year DM PGs) won the 1st & 2nd Prize respectively in the quiz competition on lung Cancer conducted by the Association of Medical Oncologists of India on 24th May 2022 at Bangalore. 
  • Teams of Dr. Sabeena (IInd Year DM PG), Dr. Sowmya (Peadiatrics PG), Dr. Sreevalli (IIIrd Year DM PG) & Dr. Pratyusha (IIIrd Year DM PG) won the IInd & IIIrd Prize respectively in the Quiz competition on the topic of Hematoncology & BMT Conducted by Ramaiah Memorial Hospital on 30/04/2022. 
  • Tarjina (IInd Year DM PG) won the IInd Prize in the Quiz competition held by the Association of Medical Oncologists of India on 28th June 2022 at Bangalore. 
  • Sabeena (IIIrd Year DM PG) won the IInd Prize in PG Quiz Competition held on 04/02/2023 & 05/02/2023 on treatment and management of Lung cancer and Breast Cancer 2023. 
  • Akansha Choudhary (IIIrd Year DM PG) won the IIIrd Prize in the Quiz on Targeted Therapy in Lung Cancer conducted by the AMOI on 04/04/2023 at Bangalore 
  • Akansha Choudhary (IIIrd Year DM PG) & Dr. Sindhusha (IIIrd Year DM PG) won the IInd Prize in the quiz on Upper GI Malignancies conducted by the AMOI on 28/02/2023 at Bangalore. 
  • Sindhusha (IIIrd Year DM PG) won the IInd Prize in the Quiz on Targeted Therapy in Lung Cancer conducted by the AMOI on 04/0 on4/2023 at Bangalore. 
  • Sindhusha (IIIrd Year DM PG) won IIIrd Prize in Zonal round of TYSA(Torrent Young Scholar Award) held on 19/10/2022 at Chennai.

 

Conferences / Seminars/ Workshops conducted by the Department 

Sl. No.

Speaker

Date

Topic

1.

Dr. Lokesh K.N

Associate Professor

Dept. of Med Oncology, KMIO

11/05/2022

Role of Tritluridine Tipiracis in the treatment of Metastatic CRC & Gastric Cancer.

2.

Dr. Linu A Jacob

Professor & Head

Dept. of Med Oncology, KMIO

02/06/2022

Role of S1 in the Management of GI cancer

3.

Dr. Rudresha A.H

Associate Professor

Dept. of Med Oncology, KMIO

23/06/2022

Acalabrutinib in CLL

4

Attempt practice perfect test skills- A mock practical Exam for DM Medical Oncology students 30th June 2022 New Infosys Auditorium, KMIO

30/06/2022

Mock Practical Test

5

Dr. Linu A Jacob

Professor & Head

Dept. of Med Oncology, KMIO

07/07/2022

Rituximab in NHL & CLL What new..?

6

Dr. Linu A Jacob

Professor & Head

Dept. of Med Oncology, KMIO

03/08/2022

Darolutamide in nmCRPC

7

Dr. Smitha C S

Associate Professor

Dept. of Med Oncology, KMIO

15/09/2022

Rise of Carbapenem resistant entrobacteriacea - addressing the issue with Novel BLBLI

8

Dr. Saby George

Professor

Oncology & Medicine

Ross well park Comprehensive cancer Centre New York, United States

12/10/2022

IO Combinations in frontline mRCC: right treatment for the right patient

9

Dr. Lokesh K.N

Associate Professor

Dept. of Med Oncology, KMIO

27/10/2022

Denosumab

10

Dr. Lara Lipton

Associate Professor

Dept. Med Oncology

Peter Maccullum Cancer centre Royal Melbourne Hospital

09/02/2023

Never Advances and role of immunotherapy in management of advanced biliary cancer

11

Dr. Smitha C S

Associate Professor

Dept. of Med Oncology, KMIO

02/03/2023

PARP inhibhitors in Ovarian cancer

12

Dr. Nirmala Pathmanathan

Associate Professor & Director

Westmead Breast Cancer Institute, Sydney

07/03/2023

Updates on Biomarker Testing in MBC: Her2 low dawn of a new era

13

Dr. Linu A Jacob

Professor & Head

Dept. of Med Oncology, KMIO

08/03/2023

Darolutamide updates

14

Dr. Suresh Babu

Professor & HOU II

Dept. of Med Oncology, KMIO

30/03/2023

Transforming the journey of Her 2 +ve Breast Cancer Patients

 

Related Statistics of the Department

      OPD Statistics:

Unit

Male

Female

Total

Unit – I

18039

20070

38109

Unit -  II                                             

15960

17720

33,680

New cases

Unit – I

4,152

3,856

8,008

Unit -  II                                            

3,143

2,756

5,899

Follow Up Cases

Unit – I

13,887

16,214

30,101

Unit -  II                                             

14,896

14,964

29,860



IPD Statistics:

Unit

Male

Female

Total

Admissions

Unit – I

1895

1387

3282

Unit – II

1419

1182

2601

Discharges

Unit – I

1813

1316

3129

Unit –II

1338

1135

2473

Deaths

Unit – I

82

71

153

Unit – II

81

47

128


 Medical Minor OT Statistics:


Sl. No

Month

CSF

Bone Marrow Procedure

Total

Male

Female

Male

Female

1

March - 2022

64

25

103

64

256

2

April - 2022

40

16

85

49

149

3

May - 2022

46

27

76

41

190

4

June - 2022

34

19

82

39

174

5

July - 2022

39

30

76

64

209

6

August - 2022

32

23

87

51

193

7

September -2022

46

22

107

67

242

8

October - 2022

41

16

87

48

192

9

November -2022

30

21

109

62

222

10

December - 2022

42

31

81

58

212

11

January 2023

54

19

99

74

246

12

February 2023

49

20

74

58

201

 

CVC Clinic Statistics:


Procedures

Male

Female

Total

30

73

103

 

 

MICU Statistics:

Unit

Male

Female

Total

Admissions

Unit – I

203

160

363

Unit – II

127

112

239

Discharges

Unit – I

162

128

290

Unit –II

91

94

185

Deaths

Unit – I

41

32

73

Unit – II

36

18

54

 

 

 

BMT Statistics (Adults):

Male

Female

Total

Admissions

14

05

19

Discharges

14

05

19

Deaths

0

0

0

 

Medical Oncology Procedure Room Statistics

Ascitic Tapping

Pleural tapping

Total

183

133

316

 

ECG Statistics:

Sl.No.

Month

Total Patients

1

March - 2022

1204

2

April - 2022

1223

3

May - 2022

1532

4

June - 2022

1208

5

July - 2022

1415

6

August - 2022

1325

7

September -2022

1420

8

October - 2022

1254

9

November -2022

1459

10

December - 2022

1023

11

January 2023

1156

12

February 2023

1230

 
 

Research activities/projects/completed projects, ongoing and new projects 


Sl. No

Project

Doctor

1

A prospective study to compare serum procalcitonin with MASCC Score in patients with febrile neutropenia

Dr. B Pavan Kumar

(Second Year DM PG)

Guide: Dr. Suresh Babu M.C

Professor & HOU II

2

Prognostic significance of CD 25 & CD 123 expression in ALL patients

Dr. Sunil Chillalshetti

(Second Year DM PG)

Guide: Dr. Smitha

Assoc. Professor

Dept. of Medical Oncology

3

Her-2 Correlation in Ca Oesophagus & Ca Stomach

 

Comcapsy in the locally advanced Head & neck Cancer

Dr. Kasturi Baruah

(Second Year DM PG)

Guide: Dr. Rajeev. L.K

Assoc. Professor

Dept. of Medical Oncology

4

Prospective study for use of fixed, low dose rasburicase for treatment of Hyperuricemia in adult Oncology.

 

To study Moral distress and Burnout in oncologist: continuing factors and group differences: A multisite Cross-Sectional study.

Dr. Indani Madhavi Ramnivas

(Second Year DM PG)

 

Guide: Dr. Rudresha A.H

Assoc. Professor

Dept. of Medical Oncology

5

Prognostic significance of double positive/triple positive DLBCL patients.

 

A study of FLT3-TKD mutations in AML patients.

Dr. Animesh Gupta

(Second Year DM PG)

Guide: Dr. Linu A Jacob

Professor & HOD

Dept. of Med Oncology

6

To study the response of neoadjuvant chemotherapy patients with locally Advanced Ca Breast with & without metabolic syndrome.

 

To Study the neutrophil lymphocyte ratio as a predictive marker of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced TNBC.

Dr. Deepa Aggarwal

(Second Year DM PG)

 

Guide: Dr. Lokesh. KN

Assoc. Professor

Dept. of Medical Oncology

 

Staff Details 

S/N

Names of the Faculty

Designation

 

1

Dr. Linu Abraham Jacob

Professor & Head

HOU - I

 

2

Dr. Suresh Babu M.C

Professor

HOU - II

 

3

 

Dr. Lokesh K N

 

Associate Professor

 

4

 

Dr. A.H. Rudresha.

 

Associate Professor

5

Dr. Rajeev L K

Associate Professor

6

Dr. Smitha C Saldanha

Associate Professor

7

Dr. P Venkata Simha

Assistant Professor

8

Mrs. Anitha Naik

Senior ward Nursing officer incharge

9

Mrs. Ramanjanamma

Senior ward Nursing officer incharge

10

Mr. Ranganatha

Senior ward Nursing officer incharge

11

Mr. Sriramulu

Senior ward Nursing officer incharge

12

Mr. Vijay Kumar

Minor OT Nursing Staff

13

Mrs. Narasamma

Minor OT Nursing Staff

14

Ms. Kusuma

Minor OT Nursing Staff

15

Ms. Radha 

Medical OPD Nursing Staff

16

Ms. Shruthi

Medical OPD Nursing Staff

17

Mr. Parashiva Murthy

ECG Technician

18

  Mr. Govind Raju

ECG Technician

19

Mrs. Shanta Kumari. K

Social Welfare officer

21

Ms. Supritha K.J

Department Secretary

22

Mrs. Shanthamma

Minor OT Attender

 
 

Papers published in National and International Journals. 

Rudresha AH, Hassan SA, Sreevalli A, Lokanatha D, Babu MCS, Lokesh KN, Rajeev LK, Saldanha S, Thottian AGF, Sharma K and Jacob LA. Pre-phase strategy to mitigate first cycle effect in diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute 2022; 34:20. 

Goyal S, Jacob LA, Lokanatha D, Sureshbabu MC, Lokesh KN, Rudresha AH, Saldanha S, Amirtham U, Thottian AGF, Rajeev LK.Discordance in clinical versus pathological staging in breast cancer: Are we undermining the significance of accurate preoperative staging in the present era? Breast Disease 2022; 41: 115-121 3. 

Moharana L, Dasappa L, Babu S, Lokesh KN, Rudresh A, Rajeev LK, Saldanha S, Sharma K, Jacob LA. Comparison Between CHOP and DAEPOCH with or Without Rituximab in Adult High Grade B Cell Lymphoma, Not Otherwise Specified; A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Cancer Hospital in South India. Indian J Hemato Blood Transfuse. 2022; 38:15-23. 

Sai RK, Lokesh KN, Dasappa L, Babu MC, Rajeev LK, Jacob LA. Extraosseous ewing sarcoma: Experience from a tertiary cancer institute in South India. Oncol J India 2022; 6:1-7. 

Jacob LA, Sreevalli A, Ninutha S, Dasappa L, Suresh Babu MC, Lokesh KN, Rudresha AH, Rajeev LK, Saldanha S.Soft Tissue Sarcomas with Special Reference to Molecular Aberration, Chemotherapy, and Recent Advances: A Review Article.Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2022. DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1740324.

 

Research Publications (Archive)

Shwetha S, Lokanatha D, Sureshbabu MC, Lokesh KN, Rudresha AH, Rajeev LK, Saldanha SC, Jacob LA. Expression of Aberrant Markers and its Association with Remission Postinduction Therapy in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia and Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research 2021;15: XC06-XC09. 

Moharana L, Dasappa L, Babu MC, Lokesh KN, Rudresha AH, Rajeev LK, Saldanha S, Jacob LA. Quantification of Risk of Recurrence Associated with High Risk Factors in Stage II Colon Cancer: A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Cancer Institute in India. Oncol J India 2021; 5:25-9. 

Babbar P, Rudresha AH, Lokanatha D, Arjunan R, Jacob L, Babu MC, et al. Primary tracheal cancer: A regional cancer center experience. Oncol J India 2021; 5:111-5. 

Babbar P, Rudresha AH, Dasappa L, Jacob LA, Babu MC, Lokesh KN, et al. Carboplatin in combination with 3-weekly paclitaxel as first-line therapy in patients with recurrent/metastatic head-and-neck cancers: A regional cancer center experience. Oncol J India 2021; 5:71-5 

Choudhary SK, Sreevalli A, Jacob LA. Polypharmacy: Common yet unaddressed issue in geriatric oncology. Cancer Res Stat Treat 2021; 4:405-6.

 
 
 
 

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