KGH to offer immunotherapy to lung cancer patients free of cost

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A presumption    of King George Hospital (KGH) successful  Visakhapatnam.

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The Oncology Department of King George Hospital (KGH) has launched escaped immunotherapy for lung crab patients, becoming the archetypal authorities infirmary successful Andhra Pradesh to connection the attraction nether a objective proceedings programme.

Patients aged betwixt 16 and 65 years who are diagnosed with Stage IV lung crab tin present person immunotherapy successful operation with chemotherapy arsenic portion of a year-long objective trial, KGH Superintendent Dr. I. Vani.

Dr. K. Shilpa, Head of the Medical Oncology Department, volition service arsenic the main researcher for the objective trial. A azygous rhythm of the attraction costs astir ₹4 lakh for each 3 weeks. The patients request to beryllium administered 1 dose of immunotherapy each 3 weeks, amounting to 17 cycles implicit a year. Under the objective proceedings astatine the KGH, the eligible patients volition person the attraction escaped of cost, she said.

Dr. Vani said that KGH was the archetypal infirmary successful Andhra Pradesh to supply escaped immunotherapy for lung crab patients and the lone infirmary successful the State presently undertaking specified a objective trial.

Published - June 06, 2026 08:46 p.m. IST

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