Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai is one of the few hospitals in India equipped to provide comprehensive cancer care to combat the disease. It provides treatment through the Tumour Board. This consists of a panel of competent medical, surgical and radiation oncologists, together with diagnostic consultants, who examine referred cases and jointly decide on the best line of treatment for each patient. Medical counselors, speech therapists, dieticians and other professionals, appropriate to the individual case, provide further support to the panel. Apollo Speciality Hospital also offers speciality clinics like The Breast Clinic, Brain Tumour Clinic and Thyroid Clinic.

Radiation for Cancer Therapy

The Apollo Speciality Hospital has 2 Linear Accelerators (LINAC), for external beam radiotherapy. The Multileaf Collimator (MLC) with Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) are the latest developments in accuracy and precision, resulting in optimum radiation.

High Dose Rate Micro Selectron Brachytherapy unit, Computerized 3D treatment planning system for both traditional and inverse planning, and Permanent Isotope Implementation are the other latest developments.

The hospital also provides Prostate Brachytherapy for treating early carcinoma of the prostate. The Centre uses the lodine 125 Seed Implant Technique. This treatment procedure requires only short hospitalization and in terms of convenience, it scores over the conventional Radical Prostatectomy or the conventional External Beam radiotherapy.

Stereotactic Radio Surgery and Radio Therapy

A non-invasive technique employed to treat various types of intra-cranial lesions like Arteriovenous Malformation, Meningiomas and Acoustis Schwanomas. This is usually done when risk with open surgery is higher.

The Linear Accelerator assisted Stereotactic Radio Surgery is a widely accepted form of treatment and is extremely cost-effective. Through this procedure, deep-seated lesions can be treated precisely. The above form of treatment is available at only a few institutions in the country, with the Apollo Speciality Hospitals being the first among them.

Medical Oncology

Annually, over a thousand new patients are given chemotherapy of the highest standards. Conventional chemotherapy is routinely performed