Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Chennai

Apollo Proton Cancer Centre in Tharamani, Chennai is a dedicated oncology hospital built around integrated surgical, medical and radiation treatment. Apollo describes it as South Asia's first proton-therapy centre and states that it is JCI accredited as a cancer hospital. The facility treats multiple tumour groups, including head and neck, breast, gastrointestinal, gynaecological, urological, neurological, thoracic, paediatric, bone and soft-tissue and haematological cancers.

The centre's treatment list includes proton therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, blood and marrow transplantation, HIPEC and PIPAC. Radiation options include image-guided radiation therapy, intensity-modulated radiation therapy, stereotactic body radiation therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery, brachytherapy and 3D conformal treatment. Surgical services include minimally invasive and robotic onco-surgery, breast reconstruction and microvascular reconstruction after head-and-neck cancer operations. Theranostics and radiofrequency ablation are also listed.

Proton treatment uses dedicated simulation and planning suites, gantry rooms, real-time imaging and motion tracking. The centre integrates imaging with multidisciplinary treatment planning so that surgery, systemic therapy and radiation can be sequenced within one oncology service. Its disease-specific teams allow treatment plans to involve several cancer disciplines rather than relying on a single modality.

APCC may be relevant for patients whose tumour requires highly conformal radiation, complex cancer surgery, combined chemotherapy and radiation or advanced treatments such as proton therapy, HIPEC, PIPAC or robotic oncology. The hospital is especially focused on cases where tumour location, previous radiation or the need to protect nearby organs makes radiation planning and multidisciplinary coordination clinically important.