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A game changer in cancer care: Tata Hospital to unveil world’s largest nuclear therapeutic facility

Content Editor: Dr. Tanya Tanu

January 23, 2024 at 3:30:00 PM

Cancer, Radioisotope Therapy, Non-Communicable Diseases

Content Editor: Dr. Tanya Tanu

  • The main principle behind radioisotope therapy, one of the best treatment modalities for cancer, is the selective accumulation of specific radiation-emitting isotopes in cancerous tissues with minimal damage to healthy tissues.

  • A therapeutic nuclear facility planned to be launched at the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research, and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), which will consist of the following features:

  1. ‘Hotbeds’ for treating cancers of the thyroid, liver, pancreas, and abdomen using radioisotope therapy

  2. A state-of-the-art cyclotron unit in collaboration with the Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology.

  • A few of the precautionary measures undertaken are:

  1. Segregation of patients undergoing radioisotope therapy until treatment completion to prevent radioactive transmission to others through bodily fluids, including urine and feces

  2. Setting up ‘Delay Decay’ specialized containment systems to collect and treat excreted radioactive waste for a decay period of 3-4 days where it decays naturally.

  3. This will significantly reduce its radioactivity before releasing it into sewage systems.

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