Hospital discovery · Medical Oncology
Review 4 validated Medical Oncology hospitals, 9 affiliated medical oncologists and 5 mapped therapies in Chennai, India.
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Quick answer
Medical oncology uses anticancer medicines such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy and hormone therapy. The appropriate regimen, dose, route and number of cycles depend on pathology, stage, biomarkers, previous treatment, organ function and the patient’s goals; a medical oncologist must review those factors before treatment or cost can be estimated. This Chennai page is limited to hospitals with a listed medical oncologist relationship.
4 validated hospital relationships currently match Medical Oncology in Chennai, including Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai, MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Rela Hospital. Counts require a matching hospital specialty and affiliated medical oncologist; they are not rankings or claims about outcomes.
5 therapies have validated hospital and doctor relationships in Chennai, including Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Hormone Therapy, CAR-T Cell Therapy. Open a procedure page for the exact hospitals and doctors connected to that procedure.
At a glance
Hospital inclusion requires a Medical Oncology relationship and an affiliated medical oncologist. Procedure pages additionally require matching hospital-procedure and doctor-procedure relationships.
Hospitals
Cards use factual campus data and validated relationship counts. Ordering is alphabetical by city and hospital name, not a ranking.
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Chennai, India
JCI Accredited
NABH AccreditedApollo Proton Cancer Centre is listed for Medical Oncology in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 2 affiliated medical oncologists. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH Accredited
NABL AccreditedGleneagles HealthCity Chennai is listed for Medical Oncology in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 1 affiliated medical oncologist. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL AccreditedMGM Healthcare, Chennai is listed for Medical Oncology in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 3 affiliated medical oncologists. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Hormone Therapy and 1 more.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL AccreditedRela Hospital is listed for Medical Oncology in Chennai because GAF's current data connects this campus with 3 affiliated medical oncologists. Validated hospital-and-doctor mappings include Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Hormone Therapy and 1 more.
This table compares recorded attributes only. It does not score or rank hospitals.
| Hospital | City | Accreditation | Beds | Established | Validated procedures | Listed doctors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo Proton Cancer Centre | Chennai | JCI · NABH | 150 | 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai | Chennai | JCI · NABH · NABL | 1000 | 1999 | 3 | 1 |
| MGM Healthcare, Chennai | Chennai | JCI · NABH · NABL | 400 | 2016 | 5 | 3 |
| Rela Hospital | Chennai | JCI · NABH · NABL · DHA | 450 | 2018 | 5 | 3 |
Procedures
Cities
Doctors
Each doctor has a matching hospital and Medical Oncology relationship. Procedure pages additionally require that exact doctor-procedure mapping.
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Professor and Head of Medical Oncology
Dr. K. V. S. Latha is Professor and Head of Medical Oncology at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, India. She has practised medical oncology in India for 35+ years experience. The systemic list covers Hormone Therapy, Immunothe…
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Director of Oncology Services
Dr. M. A. Raja is Director of Oncology Services at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, India. He has practised medical oncology in India for 42+ years experience. The systemic list covers CAR-T Cell Therapy, Immunotherapy and Ta…
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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…
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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…
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City context
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 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 Immunotherapy in Chennai. Placement is not a ranking, medicine-stock claim, treatment-volume claim or outcome promise.
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.
Confirm that the named campus can source the quoted medicine and manage infusion reactions or treatment-related complications. A general oncology label does not establish current stock, price or expertise.
Send pathology, scans, treatment summaries and molecular reports before travel to Chennai.
Arrive with time for pathology reconciliation, blood tests and a medical-oncology review. A remote opinion can change when the original tissue, current scan or organ function is reassessed.
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.
Arrive with time for pathology reconciliation, blood tests and a medical-oncology review. A remote opinion can change when the original tissue, current scan or organ function is reassessed.
Treatment guides
Chemotherapy uses cytotoxic medicines that damage rapidly dividing cancer cells and may be given by infusion, injection or tablets in repeating treatment-and-recovery cycles. An infusion regimen is prepared by oncology pharmacy and given in day-care over minutes or hours; some regimens use oral or injected medicines. Each cycle includes treatment days and a recovery interval.
Cancer immunotherapy uses medicines or cellular approaches intended to help the immune system recognise or attack cancer; checkpoint inhibitors are the commonest systemic example in routine solid-tumour care. Most checkpoint medicines are intravenous infusions repeated every few weeks; schedules differ by drug and indication. Cellular or vaccine approaches are separate products and should not be hidden under a generic immunotherapy quote.
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.
Hormone therapy, also called endocrine therapy, blocks hormone production or receptor signalling in cancers that depend on hormones, particularly selected breast and prostate cancers. Treatment may be a daily tablet, periodic injection, or a combination. Long duration makes continuity, adherence and management of chronic effects more important than one clinic visit.
CAR-T cell therapy collects a patient's T cells, genetically engineers them to recognise a cancer target, expands them, then returns them after lymphodepleting treatment. The pathway includes apheresis, off-site or on-site manufacturing, possible bridging therapy, lymphodepletion, a single cell infusion and close post-infusion monitoring.
Cost guides
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
$1,500–$8,000+ indicative planning range
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$8,000–$30,000 indicative planning range
$1,000–$4,500 indicative planning range
$80,000–$180,000 indicative planning range
India planning ranges are not city tariffs, hospital quotations or patient-specific prices. A named hospital must confirm the written estimate.
Conditions
Conditions appear only when the controlled specialty profile or canonical procedure content records the relationship.
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.
Histology, stage, performance status and molecular testing can distinguish chemotherapy, immunotherapy and alteration-directed treatment pathways.
Site, stage, resectability, pathology and relevant biomarkers shape perioperative, advanced-disease and selected intraperitoneal treatment decisions.
Systemic therapy may be used before or after surgery or for recurrent disease, with maintenance, targeted, immune or intraperitoneal approaches limited to appropriate protocols.
Kidney, bladder, prostate and other genitourinary cancers use different combinations of endocrine, cytotoxic, immune and targeted treatment after disease-specific review.
Medicine selection depends on primary site, pathology, stage, previous local treatment and validated biomarkers rather than one solid-tumour package.
Haematological cancers may require disease-specific systemic regimens, CNS-directed treatment, transplantation or selected cellular therapy under a haematology-led pathway.
Questions
4 hospitals currently meet the validated specialty and affiliated-doctor rules shown on this page.
5 controlled therapies currently have both hospital and doctor relationship evidence in Chennai.
9 listed medical oncologists are affiliated with the validated hospitals on this page.
Compare factual details such as city, accreditation, beds, established year, validated procedures and affiliated doctors. GAF does not assign an overall score or clinical ranking.
Use linked GAF cost guides as indicative India planning ranges. Technique, fractions, planning, imaging, admission and patient-specific requirements must be confirmed in a written hospital quotation.
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