Apollo Hospitals joins hands with IBM Watson for cancer treatment

Apollo Hospitals on Tuesday adopted IBM's cognitive computing platform Watson for Oncology and Genomics in 10 of its cancer care hospitals.

These platforms will help physicians provide patients with personalised, evidence-based cancer care.

"Each person's cancer journey is unique and hence each patient's treatment plan must be unique too. IBM Watson for Oncology and Genomics will help the clinicians and oncologists at Apollo Hospitals augment their own expertise to deliver an unparalleled and personalised patient care across our hospitals,” said Preetha Reddy, Vice Chairperson of the Apollo Hospitals Group.

The services will be available at the hospital chain’s Chennai and Delhi units beginning