The hospital runs the largest Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) program in the country which treats patients
Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC) has 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, sophisticated and advanced 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.