Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Medicover Introduces Image-Guided Procedure for Breast Cancer Treatment
Medicover Hospitals in Nellore has started using a new procedure for some breast cancer patients.
A doctor places a tiny marker clip inside the tumor area.
Patients may receive chemotherapy or targeted treatment before surgery.
These treatments can make a tumor much smaller or impossible to feel.
The clip shows surgeons where the tumor originally was.
This can help them perform surgery more accurately.
Several medical teams work together to care for the patient.
The procedure was performed by Dr Nerella Krishna Teja.
Medicover Hospitals in Nellore has introduced an image-guided intralesional breast tumor-marker clip placement procedure.
Consultant Interventional Radiologist Dr Nerella Krishna Teja performed the procedure.
The technique supports patients receiving chemotherapy or targeted therapy before surgery.
A marker clip helps surgeons locate the original tumor bed if treatment shrinks or hides the tumor.
The care model brings together interventional radiology, oncology, surgery, radiology, and pathology teams.
- Who
- Medicover Hospitals, Nellore, and Consultant Interventional Radiologist Dr Nerella Krishna Teja, with teams from several medical specialties.
- What
- An image-guided intralesional breast tumor-marker clip placement procedure was introduced.
- Where
- Medicover Hospitals, Nellore.
- Why
- To help locate the original tumor bed during surgery after chemotherapy or targeted therapy has reduced or concealed the tumor.
- Facility
- Medicover Hospitals, Nellore
- Procedure
- Image-guided intralesional breast tumor-marker clip placement
- Doctor
- Dr Nerella Krishna Teja, Consultant Interventional Radiologist
- Treatment context
- Used for patients receiving chemotherapy or targeted therapy before surgery
- Purpose of marker
- To identify the original tumor bed during surgery
- Participating specialties
- Interventional Radiology, Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Radiology, and Pathology