Apollo Proton Cancer Centre expands its Proton Gantry with the addition of 'Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Therapy Bay'

 

It is India’s first and only hospital to have Proton Beam Therapy in clinical operation

 

Chennai, 14 February 2023: In line with the mission to provide the most comprehensive and advanced cancer care in India, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC), the first and only Proton Therapy Centre in South Asia & the Middle East expanded its portfolio with another major addition of Proton Gantry named as ‘Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Therapy Bay’. The hospital runs the largest Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) program in the country which treats patients. 

The bay comes with a high-tech, most sophisticated and advanced state-of-the-art treatment delivery technique known as image-guided intensity modulated proton therapy (IG-IMPT). When compared to conventional X-ray-based radiotherapy, this IG-IMPT has minimal to no exposure of normal, healthy organs to radiation. It has a dedicated proton pencil beam scanning (PBS) nozzle and image guidance built in for the delivery of radiation with ultra-precision. Sophisticated mathematical algorithms, the Leoni 6-Dimensional Robotic couch for comfortable patient positioning, PBS, and inbuilt image guidance can result in accurate delivery of radiation to even the most complex tumour shapes with ultra-high precision.