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Our certified nurses provide professional medical care in the comfort of your home, ensuring you receive hospital-quality treatment without the stress of travel

Comprehensive Care Plans

From post-operative care to chronic condition management, our nursing services are tailored to meet your specific health needs, promoting faster recovery and better outcomes

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With rigorous training and background checks, our nurses are not only skilled but also empathetic, offering both medical expertise and emotional support

Patient Testimonials

Real experiences from the families we care for

  • We found Nurse Jeesha to be competent dedicated and with a friendly and adjustable disposition. We would highly recommend her.

  • Good morning Joji. We would like to share extremely positive feedback regarding Abhijit with you. He was phenomenal! Please consider making him a permanent staff with Portea. Respectful, kind, considerate, always with dad, never complained, clean, polite. Thank you for selecting him as a replacement for Bijish for last month. With all our best wishes to you & your team at Portea, Venkatachalam Iyer

  • First of all I would like to thank you with all my heart for the nursing care you provided me that I could ever imagine during this difficult time.
    Thank you for putting yourself on the front line and helping me with my condition.
    Your compassion,hard work and kindness do not go unnoticed.Its all because of the doctors/nurses like you we live in a happier and healthier world.
    Keep up the good work by making this world a better place to live
    Thank you

  • I would like to thank you for the nursing services arranged during the last 10 days. Appreciate your help. I would like to mention Antony (Nursing co-coordinator) for the excellent support and help.

  • Hope you’re well and following al necessary precautions in these uncertain times. Stay safe!

    I wanted to send this note earlier but with the current situation and lockdown I’ve not been able to do so. My apologies for that.

    After 3 to 4 months of critical care, my father in law passed away earlier this month. We as a family are extremely thankful to the nursing staff who were with him throughout and did everything possible to make him feel comfortable and cared for.

    We did hit a rough patch at the start but your intervention helped a lot and we’ve not had to worry about quality thereafter.

    While there were quite a few staff members who were involved (Laxman, Monto, Ebby) and very good at their work, in particular we have a deep sense of gratitude for Mr. Jabin who has consistently been with him from day one. Mr. Jabin was assigned to take care of my father in law while he was still in hospital and he took all efforts to match the quality of care just as they were doing in the hospital. Till the last moment, he was there with our family and has gone above and beyond his duties. It was extremely touching to see how he developed a bond with his patient and would care for him as one of his own. The more I say is less when it comes to Jabin and the way he has taken care of him is exemplary.

    We are very thankful to the entire Portia team. Your services are a blessing for families that are need of critical care in a home setup.

    We wish you luck

  • I would like to appreciate the support provided by the Portea Luckow team during this crisis time.
    I have been taking services from your organization for almost over a year now, have faced few minor issues earlier but the kind of support the team provided in this testing time when the whole medical support is closed is exceptional and laudable.
    My father was admitted in hospital on 20th March and was in ICU and was forcibly discharged on 25th March while being monitored in ICU. I was not getting any support from any of the hospital then I called Rakshit for help. He immediately arranged for a 24 hrs nurse assistant at home. He gave me confidence to overcome the change of managing my father at home. He has been in constant touch with me providing help, guidance and facilitating medical supplies at home. Looking at the criticality of the patient he made a home visit and took cognizance of things , guided the NA asked him to take proper care and even help my mother in home care also.

    The efforts your Lucknow team put in to support the patient at home is highly commendable.
    Thank you so much for helping me out during these very difficult times. Your help has been invaluable to me, and I don’t know how I would have managed without your help and support. Again, thank you so much. I sincerely appreciate your generosity.

  • write this note as I still grieve the loss of my dear mama. I would like to thank you who personally ensured she had the care required in the last 2 months of her life.
    Pushpa, is a well-skilled attendant, the staff that substituted for her too had a great kind attitude to my mother, and this I appreciated very much. The physiotherapists had rehabilitated her well, given her condition as well.
    You run a good service for the sick and/or dying and God Bless you and Portea for the help and unwavering support provided to me and my mother.
    I would recommend your services without hesitation.

    Many thanks and best regards,

  • I take this valuable opportunity to thank your team from Portea, for supporting us during a very critical time with a very professional nursing service to suit our needs. I would like to thank all the sisters, with a special mention of Miss.R.Ranjitha and coordinator Mr.Immanuel, who were our rock solid support with their dedicated nursing care.
    Thank u Portea.

  • Their services were very competent and their staff –provided consistent and excellent services over this period.
    We are grateful to them and would like to wish Portea success in continuing to provide excellent services.


  • Thank you for the gift given to us on your Customer Day celebration. We would like to record our appreciation for the services rendered by your staff Coordinator Ms Yasodha, Patient attendees Mr. Murugesan, have been very attentive to our needs and thanks for the services.

Bone Cancer

Content is medically reviewed by:

Dr. Udaya Kumar Maiya (MBBS, MD, DNB(RT), DCCF (Paris), Medical Director, Portea.

Bone cancer is a disease that is caused due to a tumour that grows from the cells making up the bones. This cancer may start developing in any bone of the body, however is most common in the pelvis or in the bones of the arms and legs. It is a very rare form of cancer and hardly takes up 1% of spread amongst all other cancers. There are non-cancerous tumours also that arise in the bone, which are more common than bone cancers.

Bone cancers only specify the cancers that start from the tumour of the bone and do not include cancers that have spread through other parts of the body to the bone.

There are certain bone cancer types that form mainly in children, while certain other bone cancers are confined to adults. Removal of the tumours causing the cancer is the most common method for bone cancer treatment. However, there are other bone cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapyas well. This is based purely on the type of bone cancer and bone cancer stages.

Bone Cancer Causes

Most of the bone cancer causes remain unidentified. However, few of these bone cancers have been correlated to hereditary reasons, while some have been said to be caused due to excessive radiation exposure.

Types of Bone Cancer

Bone cancer types are segregated based on the cell type that triggered the cancer. Following are the most common type of bone cancers:

Osteosarcoma

This is the more commonly found bone cancer and is generally found in children and young adults. This bone cancer is usually found in the leg or arm bones.

Chondrosarcoma

The cancerous cells causing the tumour for this type of bone cancer produces cartilage. This bone cancer most commonly occurs in the pelvis bones or the bones of the leg or arms. Middle aged and older people are likely to be affected by this type of cancer.

Ewing sarcoma.

This type of bone cancer commonly occurs in children and young adults in the bones of their pelvis, legs or arms.

Bone Cancer Symptoms

When the tumour of the bone cancer grows, it puts pressure on bone tissues and has some affect on the body. Following are the most common bone cancer symptoms:

  • Pain – this may be the first sign or bone cancer symptom. A pain may be caused at the part of the body where the tumour has been formed.
  • Swelling and stiffness – if the tumour of the bone cancer is formed closer to a joint, there may be swelling and stiffness of that particular joint. This bone cancer symptom limits the movement of the person due to stiffness and pain in the joint.
  • Limping – this is a dreadful symptom and occurs if the bone with the tumour breaks or gets fractured. It usually happens only towards the later period of bone cancer stages. Thus, it is important to take bone cancer care and bone cancer treatment as soon as you recognize it.

Bone Cancer Diagnosis

Once the bone cancer has been recognized, it is important to look for the bone cancer causes by taking certain bone cancer tests. Bone cancer screening tests and bone cancer diagnosis tests can help in determining the structure of the tumour causing the cancer and its affects. Once the bone cancer causes have been determined through these tests, the bone cancer treatment can be suggested by the doctors. The following are the most common bone cancer tests that are likely needed:

  • Bone scan
  • X-ray
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Positron emission tomography (PET)
  • Computerized tomography (CT)

Stages of Bone Cancer

When diagnosed with bone cancer, the doctor determines the stage of the cancer to suggest the appropriate bone cancer treatment. The factors that they will consider before considering the type of bone cancer care are:

  • Tumor size
  • The growth of the tumour (speed)
  • If any additional bones are affected
  • If the cancer has spread to other parts of the body

Treatment

Bone cancer care is recommended based on the type of cancer and the stage of the cancer. Tumours in different bones respond to different type of treatments and the doctors will guide you with the recommended type based on the bone cancer screening test and bone cancer diagnostic test.

Surgery:

A surgery is done to completely get rid off the tumour in the bone. Specialised techniques are involved in removing this tumour along with a portion of healthy tissue that surrounds it. The bone lost in the surgery is replaced with a piece of bone from another part of the body or with a metal or hard plastic replacement for the bone.

Large sized tumours on the bone may require removal of the entire bone, this is called amputation. However, with growing sciences and technology, amputation is the last step considered nowadays. In case of amputation, an artificial limb is fitted instead and necessary bone cancer care treatments are provided by the doctors to get used to the artificial limb. There are nurses for bone cancer to help you with the physiotherapy processes and bone cancer treatment at home can also be provided after the surgery.

Chemotherapy:

This is a common type of treatment used to kill cancer cells with the strong use of anti-cancer drugs. Some bone cancers respond tremendously to this treatment than others, such as chondrosarcoma and osteosarcoma.

Radiation therapy

This type of treatment offers high powered beams of energy to get rid of cancer cells. This treatment is generally done before being operated as it can shrink the size of the tumour, thus reducing the risk of amputation of the bone.

In some cases, radiation therapy is used post surgery to ensure no cancerous cells are left in the bone. It sometimes helps to control the pain and swelling caused during later stages of the bone cancer as well.

How Can We Help?

You can now treat your bone cancer care at home with our extended services. We have immense experience with treating and caring for bone cancer patients. Bone cancer can be a strenuous disease making mobility difficult for them. We thus, bring our bone cancer care at home by providing in-house nurses for bone cancer to visit you at the comfort at your home and provide you with bone cancer home treatment.

Look no further! You can easily book bone cancer treatment at home with us in just few clicks.

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