Hyderabad, Feb 15 (UNI) Nivedita Rajasekhar, a young cancer survivor, who was diagnosed with medulloblastoma at the tender age of three years, was the 10,000th patient for RapidArc radiotherapy at Yashoda Hospitals in 2015 and underwent craniospinal irradiation for the medulloblastoma.
She was now free from the disease.
It is the most frequent paediatric malignant tumour of the central nervous system and mainly affects young people, with about half of the cases occurring in children under 5 years, the Hospitals said in a release here on Monday.
Nivedita was referred to Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad, the first centre in India to offer Varian’s RapidArc® technology.
Nivedita’s father recalls that Nivedita recovered well from her treatment and was running around ecstatic like any other three-year-old within a few months from her treatment.
According to the hospital authorities, the enhanced speed and precision of this technology-enabled many other cancer patients like Nivedita to be treated, without the anticipation of waiting lists.
Till recently in 2021, Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad have treated more than 20,000 patients by Rapidarc Technology.
Six years after the life-saving cancer treatment, Nivedita visited Yashoda Hospitals
Hyderabad recently for a routine visit. As an excited eight-year-old, she loves to sing and play with her parents and younger brother, her favourite colour is yellow. Nivedita’s future seems promising – all thanks to a talented clinical team at Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad and Varian’s Rapidarc technology, six years ago.
Now free of the disease and full of life, she said “I am thankful to all the doctors who treated me when I was younger.
I’m thriving and am excited about the bright future ahead of me,” she added.
