Apollo Hospital, Chennai

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Department Of Oncology

Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai is one of the few hospitals in India that is equipped to provide 360 degree cancer care. The comprehensive treatment planning system involves a Tumour Board which consists of a panel of competent medical, surgical and radiation oncologists. The Board along with diagnostic consultants examines referred cases and jointly decides on the best line of treatment for each patient. Medical counsellors, speech therapists, dieticians and other professionals, relevant to the case further support the panel.

Apollo Speciality Hospital also has speciality clinics like The Breast Clinic, Brain Tumour Clinic and Thyroid Clinic.

Radiotherapy

The Apollo Speciality Hospital is equipped with two Linear Accelerators (LINAC) for external beam therapy.The Multileaf Collimator (MLC) with Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) add to the accuracy and precision and help in optimising radiation.
Other facilities include a High Dose Rate Micro Selectron Brachytherapy unit, computerized 3D treatment planning system for both traditional and inverse planning and permanent isotope implantation. The hospital also provides Prostate Brachytherapy Treatment for treating early carcinoma of the prostate. The centre uses Iodine 125 Seed Implant Technique which reduces the duration of hospitalization and offers higher patient convenience than the conventional Radical Prostatectomy or the conventional External Beam Radiotherapy

Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radio Therapy

Apollo Speciality Hospital Chennai was the first center in South Asia to introduce Streotactic Radiosurgery.

A non-invasive technique where the entire radiological equivalent of the full treatment is administered in a single dose, this is especially useful in treating various types of intracranial lesions like Arteriovenous Malformation, Meningiomas, and Acoustic Schwanomas and offers several advantages over conventional surgical procedures.

The Linear Accelerator assisted Stereotactic Radio Surgery is a preferred treatment for deep routed lesions and is performed at Apollo Speciality Hospital at a cost that is extremely moderate.

Medical Oncology

Annually, over a thousand new patients are given chemotherapy. Both conventional and newer protocols of chemotherapy are routinely performed at the hospital.

Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT)

BMT is a technique used to treat malignant conditions like Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Lymphatic Leukemia, Myeloma and Hodgkin's disease. Specific cases of breast and ovarian cancers, Neuroblastoma and genetic disorders like Thalassemia have also benefited from this treatment. Rated among the best in the world, the BMT unit at Apollo Speciality Hospital performs both autologous and allogenic transplantation. Facilities available include a cell separator for stem cell harvest procedures and a freezing system for cryopreservation of cells. Peripheral Stem Harvest is also carried out.

Surgical Oncology

Complicated and delicate tumour excisions are routinely performed at Apollo Speciality Hospital. The team of highly trained and motivated Surgical Oncologists well supported by skilled operating theatre and recovery staff, ensure that the success rate of Oncology surgeries at the Apollo Speciality Hospital is comparable with that of the best centres in the world.

Histopathology

The Histopathology and Cytology division examines the tissues and fluids removed from the patient. After a series of complicated processing by automated machines and using special staining procedures, a study enables the pathologists to arrive at the diagnosis and plan the treatment.