CANCER GENETICS

Overview :

Cancer Genetics Clinic was started in 2014 and was the first and is still one of its kind in Pune city and rest of Maharashtra which does both counselling as well as offers inhouse genetic testing. The clinic has been catering to around 500 new cancer families per year. We are proud to have not just patients, but complete families and their at-risk relatives empowered with the genetic knowledge to develop a proactive management plan for early detection and/or prevention of cancer.

Spectrum and Services :

The consultation is for people who want to know their own risk or other family members’ risk of cancer. Although most cancers are not "inherited," some families are particularly susceptible to cancer and may benefit from early detection or other risk reduction and early survelillance strategies. The Cancer Genetics Clinic provides counseling for all types of cancer including: familial colon cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, cancer of the uterus, prostate cancer, melanoma, thyroid cancer, sarcoma, childhood cancers and other less common tumors.

Some of the clues to an inherited predisposition to cancer include :

• Multiple family members with the same or related cancer types,
• Cancers being diagnosed at an earlier age,
• 2 different types of cancers in the same individual or same type on both sides of the body (bilateral)
• Individuals being diagnosed with a very rare or syndromic type of cancer .

Services offered :

Cancer Genetics Clinic will provide genetic counselling based on the following guidelines :

· Review of the family and medical history information with particular attention to cancers

· Creating a detailed family pedigree chart for comprehensive risk assessment calculation

· Explanation of relevant inherited cancer predispositions and patterns of inheritance

· Discussion regarding genetic testing for diagnosis, prognosis and risk prediction as indicated

· Providing pre-test and post-test informed decision making

· Maintaining a cancer type-specific genetics registry through the Cancer Genetics Clinic

Inpatient (IP) services: Genetic counseling and consultation services are rendered to inpatients after a referral order is generated in the system.

Facilities :

The clinic is equipped with a reception area for taking patient appointment’s and billing. The receptionist and the secretary man this area under CCTV surveillance.

The patient waiting area has multiseater chairs along with individual seating infront of the receptionist. The complete area is air conditioned for the convenience of the patients and relatives and is kept kid friendly with no breakable things, especially keeping special needs in mind.

The clinic houses a genetic counseling cabin, providing consultation, pre and post test counseling for genetic testing and takes patient privacy into consideration.

There is a meeting room for conducting departmental meetings.

Location of department :

A wing, 6th floor, GS building, DMHRC

Departmental Timetable :

Departmental Workload :

500 new patients in a year with additional family members tested

Contact Us :

Appointments are available as follows:

• Online on the DMH website
• Over phone on 020-40151100 between 8.30 am to 6.30 pm, Monday to Saturday.

Email id : geneticsdept@dmhospital.org

For more information, please contact DMHRC Genetics reception/secretary from Monday to Saturday between 10.00 am to 6.00 pm on 020-40151680/79.