# Apollo Hospitals (Apollo Cancer Centres)

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## TL;DR

India's largest private hospital group, which opened South Asia's first proton therapy centre in Chennai in 2019 and runs cancer centres across the country.

## Summary

Apollo Hospitals, founded in Chennai in 1983 by Prathap C. Reddy, is India's largest private hospital chain and operates a network of Apollo Cancer Centres in major cities. Its Apollo Proton Cancer Centre in Chennai, opened in 2019, was the first proton therapy facility in South Asia and treats paediatric and adult patients from India, the Middle East and Africa; the group also runs large bone marrow transplant, robotic surgery, radiosurgery and precision oncology services and participates in international registration trials. Apollo's clinical research and genomics arms and its tumour boards spanning the network make it a substantial contributor to Indian private-sector oncology research and training.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: Apollo Proton Cancer Centre; Apollo Cancer Institutes
- City: Chennai, IN
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.apollohospitals.com

## Sources

- Apollo Hospitals: https://www.apollohospitals.com
- Apollo Proton Cancer Centre: https://www.apollocancercentres.com/proton
- PTCOG: particle therapy facilities in operation: https://www.ptcog.site/index.php/facilities-in-operation-public

## Connected records

- cancers: [Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/), [HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/), [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/), [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)
- fronts: [Radiation Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/), [Surgery & Interventional](https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/)
- technologies: [CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery](https://onco.cc/technologies/cyberknife/), [Proton therapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/), [Proton therapy machines: cyclotrons, synchrotrons and single-room systems](https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy-systems/), [Robotic & minimally invasive surgery](https://onco.cc/technologies/robotic-surgery/), [SBRT / SABR (stereotactic radiotherapy)](https://onco.cc/technologies/sbrt/), [Stereotactic radiosurgery (Gamma Knife, CyberKnife, linac SRS)](https://onco.cc/technologies/radiosurgery-srs/)
- people: [Anil K. D'Cruz](https://onco.cc/people/dcruz-anil/)

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