Cancer Palliative Medicine has been functioning in this Centre, since November 2002.The Centre is a recognized medical institution for possession and supply of Oral Morphine. The Palliative Care Services also provide counseling to patients and their family members.Cancer palliative medicine aims at improving the quality of life of cancer patients especially those for whom curative options have been exhausted. Cancer Palliative Medicine Division has an inpatient, outpatient and home care facility.
Homecare facility for the needy patients was started on June 20, 2009. Home care is done thrice in a weekcatering to the need of patients staying within 35 kms from MCC-PGIOSR. There are so far 591 patients registered in homecare facility. Patients are given medication free of cost. Procedures like ascitic tapping, wound dressing, catheterization, ryles tube introduction are done. Apart from this psychological support to the patient and their families are also given.
E-palliative medicine:
The homecare service from MCC-PGIOSR is Nurse - lead and doctor assisted. In order to make the service more effective consultation of the patient is done through e-palliative medicine wherein the patient and relatives can see and consult the doctor directly making the homecare visit more satisfying to them.
Sl | Faculty Name | Designation |
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1 | Dr. Biji M S | Assistant Professor |
2 | Mrs. Sheeja Nellikka | Staff Nurse |
Dr.M.S.Biji received for the prestigious “International Award for Excellence in Palliative care 2021-22”instituted by Cancer Aid Society, an Associate of United nations Department of Global Communications, having special Consultative Status with United Nations Economic and Social Council and Participant World Health Organizations GCM/NCD at the 30th International Conference of IAPC IAPCON 2023 held at NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore from 9th -12th Feb 2023
9th to 12th Feb 2023 - Attended the 30th International Conference of IAPC IAPCON 2023 held at NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore from 9th -12th Feb 2023 and presented a poster on “A3 Methodology guided solution to address prolonged waiting time in Palliative care outpatient Department.” Also received the International award for Excellence in Palliative care 2021-22.
1.Palliative low dose fortnightly methotrexate in oral cancers: Experience at a rural cancer centre from India.
SantamChakraborty, M Geetha, K M Sujith, M S Biji, B Sateeshan
South Asian journal of cancer. 07/2014; 3(3):166-70.
2: Effectiveness of nurse-led and physician-assisted homecare provided from a rural cancer center in India evaluated using the palliative care outcome scale.
M S Biji, SantamChakraborty, N R Sindhu, ShibimolThomas,SubhradevSen, Milind Kumar, SatheesanBalasubramaniam
Journal of Clinical Oncology 01/2014; 32(15_suppl):e20544. • 18.04 Impact Factor
3.Pilot study of single-day distress screening with the NCCN distress thermometer to evaluate the feasibility of routine distress screening in tertiary cancer center in rural India.
Dessai SB, SantamChakraborty, Sajeev Kumar PB, SajithBabu,GeethaMuttath, Chandran Nair, ShivakumarThiagarajan, BijiSughosh, AtanuBhattacharjee, Patil VM
Psycho-Oncology 12/2014; • 4.04 Impact Factor
4.Burden and outcome of pressure ulcers in cancer patients receiving the Kerala model of home based palliative care in India:Results from a prospective observational study.
Biji M Sankaran,SantamChakraborty,Vijay M Patil,Sindhu N Raghavan,ShibimolThomas,SubradevSen
Indian Journal of Palliative care ,volume 21/Issue 2/May-August 2015 (pg 152-157)
5.Pairwise Comparison in Repeated Scores-Application in Palliative Cancer Patients
SubhradevSen, Biji M S, SantamChakraborty, Sindhu N R, SatheesanBalasubramanian
Journal of Data Science:Volume 13, Number 4, October 2015
6.Pattern of care in operable endometrial cancer treated at a rural-based tertiary care cancer center [pg. 416]
SB Dessai, D Adrash, M Geetha, S Arvind, J Bipin, S Nayanar, K Sachin, MS Biji, S Balasubramanian
Indian Journal of Cancer 2016 | July-September | Volume 53 | Issue 3
7.An audit of the results of a triplet metronomic chemotherapy regimen incorporating a tyrosine kinase inhibitor in recurrent/metastatic head and neck cancers patients,
Vijay M. Patil, SantamChakraborty, T. K. Jithin, T. P. SajithBabu, SatheeshBabu, Shiva Kumar, M. S. Biji,4Atanu Bhattacharjee, and SatheesanBalasubramanian , South Asian J Cancer. 2016 Apr-Jun; 5(2): 48–51
8.BelievingJeny about her pain.
M.S.Biji
Journal of Pain &Palliative care Pharmacotherapy.Volume 31,2017,Issue 1,pg 73-75.
9.Validation of malayalam version of national comprehensive cancer network distress thermometer and its feasibility in oncology patients.
MS Biji1, Sampada Dessai2, N Sindhu1, Sithara Aravind3, B Satheesan4
Indian Journal of Palliative care
Year : 2018 | Volume : 24 | Issue : 1 | Page : 67-71
10.The incidence and risk factors for development of lower limb lymphedema after treatment for gynaecological cancers.
Noori Khalid1,Adarsh Dharmarajan1,Satheeshan B1.,Biji M. S2., Abina S.S2,Remya Binesh1
International Journal of Reproduction,Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Int J ReprodContraceptObstet Gynecol. 2018 Mar; 7(3):1168-1172
11.Pain Management in Children With Cancer Using World Health Organization Guidelines at a Tertiary Cancer Center in Rural India
M. S. Biji,V. Vinayagamoorthy,T. K. Jithin ,Vineetha Raghavan,KalaiselviSelvaraj,KarthickeyanDuraisamy,KalpitaShringarpure,S. S. Abhinaa,Vanitha Priya Deenathayalan,KedarMehta,Priya Rathi &Lulu Mathewshttps://doi.org/10.1080/15360288.2019.1651438
Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy
12. Patient satisfaction in Home care services through e-Palliative Care - An experience of tertiary cancer centre from Kerala
Satheesan Balasubramanian1, M. S. Biji2 ,M. K. Ranjith3, S. S. Abhina2
DOI:10.25259/IJPC_36_2021
Indian Journal of Palliative Care,Year: 2022, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, July-September
Contributed in a Book ”ArbhudhavumSaandhwanaparicharanum” brought out by Basha Institute.
1.“Return to work after curative cancer therapy and the barriers associated with it”.
2.“Quality of Life Outcome in Cancer Patients living with intestinal stoma: A Prospective cross-sectional study”.
3. Assessment of spiritual wellbeing in advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care in a tertiary cancer center in Kerala-A mixed method study
• Best Paper Award at the 14th International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care held at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai on 10th to 12th Feb 2007.
• Best poster awardin KASO MEET 2015 conference held at Malabar Cancer Centre-Post Graduate Institute of Oncology Sciences and Research on 18thOctober 2015.
• Best poster award in“TECHNOSCAN 2017”conference held at MCC-PGIOSR.
• Second prize in Poster presentation in the Silver Jubilee International Conference of IAPC, held in 2018 at AIIMS, Delhi.
• Third prize in poster presentation in the 26th International conference of IAPC ,IAPCON Kochi 2019.
• Kerala State e-Governance award 2016&17 under e-Citizen Service Delivery category for e-palliative care Initiative.
• International award for Excellence in Palliative care(2021-2022)