Treatments

Radiotherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy, planned by one consultant.

Every treatment is delivered through GenesisCare or Spire Hospital Southampton, with consultations also available at Solent Private Suites, University Hospital of Southampton. Dr Harinarayanan plans it, oversees it and sees you throughout. Treatments are often combined.

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A radiotherapy treatment room with a ring-shaped MR-Linac machine and a treatment couch

MR-Linac SABR

MR-Linac SABR is radiotherapy given on a machine with an MRI scanner built in. The scanner shows the tumour and the healthy tissue around it while you are being treated, so the dose can be aimed tightly and the plan adjusted for that day. Dr Sathish Harinarayanan is accredited by GenesisCare UK to deliver it and treats patients on the MR-Linac at three GenesisCare centres: London, Guildford and Oxford.

A radiotherapy treatment room with a linear accelerator over a treatment couch

SABR, stereotactic ablative radiotherapy

SABR stands for stereotactic ablative radiotherapy: a short course of very precise, high-dose radiotherapy aimed at a small, well-defined tumour. It is an established treatment across the UK for small cancers and for cancer that has spread to a few places. Dr Harinarayanan uses CT-guided SABR at GenesisCare Southampton and MRI-guided SABR on the MR-Linac at GenesisCare's London, Guildford and Oxford centres.

Close detail of a modern radiotherapy machine

Precision radiotherapy, IMRT and VMAT

Radiotherapy uses carefully shaped beams of high-energy X-rays to damage cancer cells so they stop growing. Modern techniques such as IMRT and VMAT shape the dose to the tumour and spare what is around it. Dr Harinarayanan plans and oversees private radiotherapy at GenesisCare Southampton, on the same site as Spire Southampton Hospital, for bowel and rectal cancer and cancer that has come back after earlier treatment.

A private infusion suite with a treatment chair beside a window

Chemotherapy and systemic therapy

Systemic therapy means treatment that travels through the whole body in the bloodstream, rather than being aimed at one spot. Chemotherapy is the best-known kind. Dr Harinarayanan plans chemotherapy and other drug treatments as a consultant clinical oncologist, and they are delivered privately at GenesisCare Southampton, on the same site as Spire Southampton Hospital.

A laboratory bench with a microscope in soft light

Immunotherapy and targeted therapy

Immunotherapy helps your own immune system recognise and attack cancer cells. Targeted therapy blocks a specific fault inside cancer cells that helps them grow. Both are systemic therapies, meaning they travel through the bloodstream to reach cancer wherever it is. Dr Harinarayanan uses them for selected bowel cancers, guided by tests on the tumour, and they are delivered privately at GenesisCare Southampton.

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