Hyderabad, Feb. 5 -- MNJ Institute of Oncology, a government-run tertiary cancer centre, here has emerged as a key public-sector leader in advanced cancer care, having successfully performed more than 250 robotic-assisted cancer surgeries over the past 30 months, all free of cost for patients from economically weaker and middle-income groups.
A major share of these procedures has been for gynaecological cancers, underlining the institute's growing role in addressing cancers that disproportionately affect women.
Over the last two years alone, the hospital has carried out more than 150 robotic-assisted gynaecological surgeries, primarily for cervical, uterine, and ovarian cancers that demand extreme precision due to the narrow anatomy of th...