The Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (KIRAN) is a cancer hospital in Karachi, Pakistan under the administrative control of the

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) (Urdu: ) is a federally funded independent governmental agency, concerned with research and development of nuclear power, promotion of nuclear science, energy conservation and the peaceful usage of nuclea ...

. KIRAN is one of nineteen medical centers in Pakistan providing patients access to diagnostic and treatment facilities either free of charge or at subsidized rates.

Services

KIRAN was initially planned to have state of the art radiotherapy facilities. Subsequently,

oncology Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''ó ...

and

chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemother ...

sectors were established to provide services at low cost to poor cancer patients in Karachi and some rural areas of

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

and

Baluchistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western Asia, Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian S ...

. The hospital currently provides clinical oncology, nuclear medicine, radiology, and pharmacy services. Besides conducting research on the cancer diagnosis and biopsy processes, KIRAN organizes seminars and walks on the eve of World Cancer Day.

Research

From 2002 until 2006, a study to evaluate the significance of prostate specific antigen and scan prostate cancer patients was conducted. Findings were first published in the Journal of Pakistan Medical Association.

Treatment Charges

Compared to other nuclear medicine centers in Karachi, such as AKUH,

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, and

Liaquat National Hospital The Liaquat National Hospital is located at Stadium Road, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. History Soon after Independence the Red Cross Fete Committee, which was chaired by Syed Wajid Ali, raised about PKR 800,000 through meena bazaars organized und ...

, the cost of treatment at KIRAN is nearly three times lower.

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Services

Research

Treatment Charges

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