Apollo Proton Cancer Centre expands its Proton Gantry with the addition of the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Therapy Bay.

In line with the mission to provide the most comprehensive and advanced cancer care in India, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC), Chennai has expanded its portfolio with another major addition of Proton Gantry named as the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Therapy Bay. The hospital runs the largest Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) program in the country.

Hon’ble Thiru M.P. Saminathan, Minister for Information and Publicity, Government of Tamil Nadu, and Mr APJMJ Sheik Saleem, Co-Founder, APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation, inaugurated Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Therapy Bay in the presence of Mr Harshad Reddy, Director-Operations, Group Oncology & International, Apollo Hospitals, Mr Harish Trivedi, Chief Executive Officer, APCC and Dr Rakesh Jalali, Medical Director & HOD- Radiation Oncology, APCC.

The bay comes with a high-tech, most sophisticated and advanced state-of-the-art treatment delivery technique known as image-guided intensity modulated proton therapy (IG-IMPT). When compared to conventional X-ray-based radiotherapy, this IG-IMPT has minimal to no exposure of normal, healthy organs to radiation. It has a dedicated proton pencil beam scanning (PBS) nozzle and image guidance built in for the delivery of radiation with ultra-precision. Sophisticated mathematical algorithms, the Leoni 6-Dimensional Robotic couch for comfortable patient positioning, PBS, and inbuilt image guidance can result in accurate delivery of radiation to even the most complex tumour shapes with ultra-high precision.

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