Best Cancer Hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Apollo CBCC Cancer Care (Apollo-Amrish Oncology Services Private Limited) is a joint venture of Apollo Hospitals International Limited, the largest corporate hospitals group of India and Amrish Oncology Services Private Limited, a company promoted by California based Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Centers, the largest free standing private cancer center on the West Coast, USA.

Apollo CBCC Cancer Care is founded with the sole purpose of providing comprehensive cancer care under one roof. We, at Apollo CBCC Cancer Care, aim to give our patient the perfect blend of compassionate care of the east fused with the technologically advanced and precise treatment of the west. Our Oncology team firmly believes in Multi-Disciplinary Practice to treat our patients.

Apollo CBCC Cancer Care houses a team of the most renowned Onco-Surgeons, Medical Oncologists, Radiation Oncologists, Radiologists, Histopathologists, Physiotherapists and support staff. This makes us one of the largest Onco Groups extending Comprehensive Cancer Care in Western India.

Complex tumor removals are skillfully performed by Apollo CBCC Cancer Care’s highly trained and motivated surgical oncologists. Department is supported by surgeons specializing region wise i.e. separate surgeons for cancers of head & neck region, gastrointestinal or abdominal cancers, breast cancer, gynecological cancers, genitourinary cancers, Thoracic, etc. with good support from reconstructive plastic surgery and other allied specialties. Operation theaters and other facilities are of international standards. Most surgeons are either trained abroad or in premier institutes of India.

In the department of surgical oncology of Apollo CBCC Cancer Care, we aim to provide high quality and comprehensive care to patients with solid organ malignancies. Providing comprehensive care involves taking care of all aspects of cancer treatment including screening & prevention, early diagnosis, staging, local and systemic treatment, reconstruction, follow-up and rehabilitation and palliative care.

We advocate organ specific and multidisciplinary care in surgical oncology and offer specialised services for the management of breast cancer, head-neck cancers, gastrointestinal and colorectal cancers, uro-genital cancers and gynaecological cancers.

All our surgical oncologists work as a part of the multidisciplinary team, working closely with the other specialists like radiologists, pathologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, cancer care nurses, psychologists, nutritionists and physiotherapists to ensure best outcomes for our patients.

Our Surgical Oncology Department has site specific clinics for different kind of Cancers depending on the cancer sites such as:

Medical Oncology is a discipline which deals with the systemic therapy of cancer including chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapies, supportive care and stem cell/bone marrow transplantation.

What we do

Our thrust is to use the latest protocols of treatment at a reasonable cost.

Our specialized work includes:

• All Solid tumors like breast, gynecologic malignancies, colorectal, lung, prostate, head & neck cancers, brain tumors, neuroendocrine tumors, renal tumors etc.
• Use of targeted therapies and monoclonal antibodies in various cancers.
• We offer multidisciplinary opinion of surgeons or radiation oncologists to give better care to patients.
• We follow recommended protocols to maintain uniformity of treatment.
• We implant long term catheters ( Ports ) for safe and painless chemotherapy. We have the largest series of Port implantations in Gujarat.
• Our staff nurses are well trained and dedicated in administering chemotherapy. They regularly undergo training for better care.

We believe in quality care and at a reasonable cost. For us the adage ‘Patient First’ has great bearing.

Radiation Therapy is one of the most effective modalities for the majority of cancers. It is estimated that radiation therapy is directly responsible for at least 40% of all cancer patients surviving beyond five years. Technical, academic and clinical advances in radiation therapy have improved patient management and outcomes very significantly.

The development of more sophisticated approaches to radiotherapy treatment have been made possible by improvements in radiological imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), computerized 3-dimensional, ”inverse” treatment
planning, patient positioning , and more sophisticated linear accelerator technology.

Radiation Oncology Unit at Apollo CBCC Cancer Care is equipped with 2 Linear Accelerators to deliver the precise external beam radiation therapy treatments to our patients. We also have a Brachytherapy unit to deliver internal radiation therapies.

Apart from conventional 2-Dimensional and conformal 3-Dimensional Radiation Therapy, we are equipped to deliver various treatments listed below at our Radiation Oncology Unit:

Brachytherapy

Brachytherapy is a form of radiotherapy where a radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment. Brachytherapy is commonly used as an effective treatment for cervical, prostate, breast, and skin cancers, and can also be used to treat tumors in many other body sites.

Brachytherapy can be used alone or in combination with other therapies, such as surgery, external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and chemotherapy.

IGRT (Image Guided Radiation Therapy)

Image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is the use of imaging during radiation therapy to improve the precision and accuracy of treatment delivery. IGRT is used to treat tumors in areas of the body that move, such as the lungs. Radiation therapy machines are equipped with imaging technology to allow your doctor to image the tumor before and during treatment.

IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy)

IMRT is an advanced type of high-precision radiation that improves the ability to conform the treatment volume to concave tumor shapes.

Rapid Arc

Rapid Arc radiotherapy technology is a new approach to image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IGRT/IMRT) that delivers precise treatments in shorter times than conventional IMRT. Rapid Arc delivers a highly precise treatment much faster than other technologies.

Stem Cell/Bone Marrow transplant is a procedure used to treat Blood Cancers and other hematological conditions. In a Stem Cell/Bonemarrow Transplant, the patient’s diseased blood producing (Hematopoetic) Stem Cells are replaced by Fresh Stem Cells either from the patient’s own body (Autologous Transplant) or from a Donor’s Stem Cells (Allogeneic Transplant).

Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplant unit at Apollo CBCC Cancer Care is the first private sector Stem Cell Transplant Unit of Gujarat state. Our unit performs Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplants for various hematological conditions. We recently completed 151 transplants at our Stem Cell Transplant unit and the success ratio of the transplants performed at our center are at par with any Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplant Center in USA or Europe.

The Stem Cell Transplant ICU performs various Stem Cell Transplant treatments such as:

• Autologous Transplant
• Allogeneic Transplant
• Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant
• Haploidentical Transplant

Diseases/Disorders Treated:

• Myeloma
• Leukemia / Acute Leukemia
• Thalassemia
• Aplastic Anemia
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
• Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
• Myelodysplastic Syndrome
• Myelofibrosis

At Apollo Hospital Ahmedabad facilities are available for performing both Autologus and Allogeneic transplantation using a self separator for stem cell harvest procedures and a freezing system to cryopreserve the cells for future use.

Autologus Transplant

(Stem Cells collected from one’s own body): Apollo Hospital Ahmedabad offers Autologus transplant for following diseases:

• Hodgkin’s & Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
• Myeloma
• Leukemia

Allogeneic Transplant

(Stem Cells collected from some one else’s body): Apollo Hospital Ahmedabad offers Allogeneic transplant for following diseases:

• Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation For Thalassemia Major
• Several other genetic disorders, especially with single gene defects
• Aplastic Anemia
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• High Risk AML & Relapsed AML
• Relapsed ALL (Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia)
• As last resort in several advanced or refractory haematological malignancies eg. follicular lymphoma, CLL etc.