Doctor discovery · Medical Oncology
Targeted therapy uses a medicine aimed at a molecular alteration, receptor or signalling pathway that matters to a particular cancer rather than treating all cancers as biologically alike. Some targeted medicines are tablets taken daily; others are injections or infusions on repeating schedules. Oral treatment still needs prescribing, interaction checks, toxicity monitoring and reliable supply.
Quick answer
Targeted therapy uses a medicine aimed at a molecular alteration, receptor or signalling pathway that matters to a particular cancer rather than treating all cancers as biologically alike. Some targeted medicines are tablets taken daily; others are injections or infusions on repeating schedules. Oral treatment still needs prescribing, interaction checks, toxicity monitoring and reliable supply.
Chennai has longstanding cancer referral pathways and international desks serving South Asia and the Gulf. The useful question is whether pathology, the required drug, day-care monitoring and urgent review sit inside the named programme. Cards appear only when the live CMS links a clinician to Chemotherapy in Chennai. Placement is not a ranking, medicine-stock claim, treatment-volume claim or outcome promise. 9 listed medical oncology specialists currently appear for Chennai, across 4 hospitals in the catalog.
A doctor appears only when the GAF catalog records the matching Medical Oncology specialty, location and, where selected, exact procedure relationship. Results are not ranked by outcomes or medical superiority.
This directory uses professional catalog information and exact specialty and procedure relationships. It does not constitute a medical ranking, guarantee availability or replace a case review by a qualified medical oncologist.
9 medical oncologists currently carry this procedure mapping in Chennai. That count is directory evidence, not a claim that every listed clinician currently accepts every case.
Chennai has longstanding cancer referral pathways and international desks serving South Asia and the Gulf. The useful question is whether pathology, the required drug, day-care monitoring and urgent review sit inside the named programme. Cards appear only when the live CMS links a clinician to Chemotherapy in Chennai. Placement is not a ranking, medicine-stock claim, treatment-volume claim or outcome promise. Chennai International Airport: Airport access can be comparatively direct for several hospital districts. Heat and humidity still make long transfers difficult after an infusion, particularly when nausea, diarrhoea or fatigue develops. Choose an air-conditioned stay close to the infusion campus and keep flights flexible through the first cycle. A short airport road does not remove the need for nadir blood counts or toxicity review.
Medical Oncology treatment costs in Chennai, India · Chennai Medical Oncology city guide
About the procedure
This is a short extract from the existing GAF treatment guide, not a second long-form article.
Targeted therapy uses a medicine aimed at a molecular alteration, receptor or signalling pathway that matters to a particular cancer rather than treating all cancers as biologically alike. Some targeted medicines are tablets taken daily; others are injections or infusions on repeating schedules. Oral treatment still needs prescribing, interaction checks, toxicity monitoring and reliable supply.
Specialists
9 catalog records match the current filters. Ordering is alphabetical by city and name, not a ranking.
Showing 1–9 of 9
Senior Consultant, Medical Oncologist
Dr. (Brig) S. Viswanath is Senior Consultant, Medical Oncologist at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised medical oncology in India for 17+ years experience. The systemic list covers CAR-T Cell Therapy, Horm…
View ProfileKey Procedures
Clinical Lead and Senior Consultant
Dr. Arun Ramanan V is Clinical Lead and Senior Consultant at Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai in Chennai, India. He has practised medical oncology in India for 16+ years experience. The systemic list covers Chemotherapy, T…
View ProfileKey Procedures
Senior Consultant
Dr. J. Jebasingh is Senior Consultant at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised medical oncology in India for 33+ years experience. The systemic list covers Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy wh…
View ProfileKey Procedures
Senior Consultant
Dr. K. R. Gopi is Senior Consultant at Rela Hospital in Chennai, India. He has practised medical oncology in India for 30+ years experience. The systemic list covers Hormone Therapy, Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy w…
View ProfileKey Procedures
Professor and Head of Medical Oncology
Dr. K. V. S. Latha is Professor and Head of Medical Oncology at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, with more than 35 years of experience. Her listed specialization is medical oncology and her qualifications are MBBS and MD. Her…
View ProfileKey Procedures
Director of Oncology Services
Dr. M. A. Raja is Director of Oncology Services at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, with more than 42 years of experience. His profile records two specializations, medical oncology and hematology, and his qualifications are M…
View ProfileKey Procedures
Head of Department & Senior Medical Oncologist
Dr. Prasad E is Head of Department & Senior Medical Oncologist at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre in Chennai, India. He has practised medical oncology in India for 22+ years experience. The systemic list covers Chemotherapy…
View ProfileKey Procedures
Consultant
Dr. Sujith Kumar Mullapally is Consultant at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre in Chennai, India. He has practised medical oncology in India for 9+ years experience. The systemic list covers Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy and…
View ProfileKey Procedures
Clinical Lead and Senior Consultant
Dr. Syed Ismail Nawab John is Clinical Lead and Senior Consultant at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, with more than 16 years of experience. He is listed in both medical oncology and hematology, and his qualifications are MBB…
View ProfileKey Procedures
Treatments
Each therapy keeps its canonical cost guide. Doctor lists only include exact procedure mappings.
Targeted Therapy
Targeted therapy uses a medicine aimed at a molecular alteration, receptor or signalling pathway that matters to a particular cancer rather than treating all cancers as biologically alike. Some targeted medicines are tablets taken daily; others are injections or infusions on repeating schedules. Oral treatment still needs prescribing, interaction checks, toxicity monitoring and reliable supply.
Medical oncologists for Targeted TherapyTargeted Therapy treatment in India
9 mapped specialists
Related procedures
These links come from the controlled taxonomy and existing treatment guides. Distinct procedures are not merged.
Cities
City pages use live catalog counts. Empty combinations are omitted rather than published as thin URLs.
Hospitals
Counts are current doctor relationships at each campus. A hospital profile remains the canonical campus page.
Chennai · 3 listed medical oncologists
Medical Oncology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 3 listed medical oncologists
Medical Oncology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 2 listed medical oncologists
Medical Oncology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 1 listed medical oncologist
Medical Oncology hospitals in ChennaiRelated conditions
These links come from the specialty guide taxonomy. They are not inferred from a doctor’s procedure list and are not a claim of individual doctor expertise.
Breast cancer
Pathology, stage, hormone receptors, HER2 status, genomic context and previous treatment determine whether chemotherapy, endocrine, targeted, immune or antibody-drug conjugate therapy may be considered.
Lung cancer
Histology, stage, performance status and molecular testing can distinguish chemotherapy, immunotherapy and alteration-directed treatment pathways.
Gastrointestinal cancers
Site, stage, resectability, pathology and relevant biomarkers shape perioperative, advanced-disease and selected intraperitoneal treatment decisions.
Gynecologic cancers
Systemic therapy may be used before or after surgery or for recurrent disease, with maintenance, targeted, immune or intraperitoneal approaches limited to appropriate protocols.
Genitourinary cancers
Kidney, bladder, prostate and other genitourinary cancers use different combinations of endocrine, cytotoxic, immune and targeted treatment after disease-specific review.
Head, neck and other solid tumours
Medicine selection depends on primary site, pathology, stage, previous local treatment and validated biomarkers rather than one solid-tumour package.
Leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma
Haematological cancers may require disease-specific systemic regimens, CNS-directed treatment, transplantation or selected cellular therapy under a haematology-led pathway.
Treatment guides
Canonical long-form articles remain the authoritative resource. This directory does not rewrite them.
Costs
These are the existing GAF cost guides. They are not doctor-specific prices.
Guides
The concise definition on this page is taken from the existing GAF Targeted Therapy guide. It is not a second full-length article. Open the treatment guide for indications, technique and planning detail.
9 listed medical oncologists currently have an exact Targeted Therapy procedure relationship in Chennai. Cards appear only when that mapping exists in the catalog; specialty alone is not enough.
Current catalog relationships for Targeted Therapy in Chennai include MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Rela Hospital, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai. Confirm the treating campus in writing; a hospital name is not a machine inventory.
Listed Targeted Therapy relationships currently appear in Delhi NCR (45), Mumbai (7), Bengaluru (6), Chennai (9), Hyderabad (13). City counts use the same doctor-procedure mapping as this page.
GAF does not invent a doctor-specific price on this listing. Use the existing Targeted Therapy cost guide for planning ranges, then request a written estimate after records review.
Compare listed specialists on experience, qualifications, hospital, city and documented procedure relationships. Comparison is not a statement of medical superiority.
Use the stored India planning range as the stored India planning range. No verified Chennai-only tariff is stored. Final pricing requires the drug, dose, number of cycles and an itemized hospital letter.
Only profiles dynamically matched to this exact CMS procedure should appear. If no card appears, that is a catalog gap rather than a hidden list or ranking.
The regimen, medicine names, brand or biosimilar basis, dose, cycle count, day-care, tests, supportive medicines and emergency-admission policy.
Dr. Shabnam Choudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She contributes to the curation and development of medically informative healthcare content, helping ensure that information is structured clearly and presented in a patient-friendly manner.
Content Curator
BDS
Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru
Dr. Saffiyyah Chaudhary, BDS, is a dental professional who graduated from Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. She provides medical review of healthcare content to help ensure that clinical information is accurate, understandable, and appropriately presented for patients and their families.
Medically Reviewed By
BDS
Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru
Patient stories
Google reviews
5.0 from 10 reviews on the GAF Healthcare Pvt Ltd Google listing.
★★★★★
Initially I was very hesitant what to do, where to go for the treatment of my father who was suffering with prostate cancer. Thanks to google, I came into touch with Gaf Healthcare. They have arranged everything, starting from treatment plan, video consultation, airport pickup, to surgery and following up. My father was operated in Sahyadri Pune, robotic prostatectomy was done. Now he is fine.
★★★★★
The hospitality was at its point. I appreciate the great service I got from the team. Being away from Home and get the feeling like you are at home is what Gaf is doing. Thank you once more, this have lifetime memories in my life.
★★★★★
Wonderful experience with Gaf Healthcare. I was quite hesitant before traveling. But the way entire journey has been planned, charted out and facilitated by Gaf was truly exceptional. Dr. Ritu in Max has treated me well. My eye surgery went well.
★★★★★
Very nice hospitality, I have taken my mother to Fortis Hospital with help of Gaf healthcare. Initially, I was anxious but these guys made me very comfortable and mama got treated well. Thank you so much guys.
Begin
9 medical oncologists matching your filters
