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Cancer Procedures

While the FDA stalls on approving cancerdefine treatments available in other countries with great success and while politicians debate over the successful use of stem cells in cancer patients, you are left to suffer in fright needlessly, let us introduce you to the latest techniques being used around the world.
Medical Oncology

Affordable chemo and radio treatments.
Surgical Oncology

Complicated and delicate tumor excisions, Brachytherapy, In addition to intra-cavitary and intraluminal treatments. Our hospitals use the Iodine 125 permanent Seed Implant Technique using RAPID strand.
Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Radiotherapy

A non-invasive radiationdefine technique employed to treat various types of intracranial lesions like arteriovenous malformation, meningiomas and acoustic schwamins. This is usually done where risks of open surgery offer unacceptable odds. Linear accelerator assisted stereo tactic radio surgery is a widely accepted form of treatment and is extremely cost-effective. Through this procedure deep seated lesions can be identified, visualized, analyzed and treated precisely. Apollo is the first in the country to offer this treatment.
IMRT

Our partner hospitals are among the pioneers to offer IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy) to the patients. Special type of radiotherapies like Whole Skin Electron Irradiation or Whole Body Irradiation too are carried out. These are carried out in support of the treatment of Leukemia or Skin Lymphoma patients.

IMRT is an enormously powerful tool in experienced hands of expert radiation oncologists. Several forms of HPI are being used at our hospitals. The latest development is modulation of radiation intensity with Multi leaf Collimator.
Bone Marrow Transplantation

Bone marrow transplants have been performed to treat conditions like acute myeloid leukemia, lymphatic leukemia, myeloma and Hodgkin's disease. Our partner hospitals have performed hi-tech BMT with 80 dedicated beds, the largest in the continent. The BMT units perform both allogenic and auto logous BMTs.
Cord Blood Cell Transplantation

Utilizing umbical cord blood in the treatment of leukemia and post cancer surgery.
Stem Cell Based Cancer Treatments

Read this article and discover how major oncology hospitals are sending patients overseas and building oncology centers abroad so that their patients can have this promising treatment. Let us show you how to obtain this treatment affordably.

Brain Tumour Surgery

Gamma Knife Surgery for a lot less.

Other Treatments

We also have access to hundreds of clinical studies and techniques not available in your country, including the latest technique in brain cancer: Diptheria therapy.

* Brachytherapy
* Breast Cancer
* Oral Cavity Cancer
* Cervical Cancer
* Prostate Cancerdefine
* Stereotactic Radiosurgery


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