Apollo converts cancer facilities into independent functional entity

Apollo Hospitals has converted its cancer management infrastructure into an independent functional entity, Apollo Cancer Institutes. Also Apollo has networked these institutes to leverage the strengths of all its specialists and the technology across the country.

Apollo Cancer Institutes in Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Bilaspur, Bengaluru and Madurai are part of this new initiative. All of them work on a common platform using standardised protocols ensuring uniform standards of care for every patient, according to the healthcare major.

"New radiation techniques like True beam, Novalis Tx, Tomotherapy and Proton Therapy(being installed soon) add to the armamentarium of our oncologist in delivering radiation to the cancerous cells sparing the surrounding normal cells. All these techniques apart from enhancing precision and personalising treatment also bring down the complication rates, shorten treatment duration and deliver far better results," the company said.