Hospital discovery · Medical Oncology
Review 4 validated hospitals and 9 associated medical oncologists for Targeted Therapy in Chennai, India. Relationships require matching hospital and doctor procedure data.
“Best” reflects the hospital-discovery search phrase. Hospitals are ordered alphabetically and are not clinically ranked, scored or endorsed.
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.
4 validated hospital relationships currently match Targeted Therapy in Chennai: Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai, MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Rela Hospital. Inclusion requires both a hospital procedure mapping and an affiliated medical oncologist mapped to the same procedure.
9 listed medical oncologists currently have an exact Targeted Therapy relationship at the hospitals shown. A catalog relationship is not a guarantee that a clinician will accept every case.
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.
Showing 1–4 of 4
Chennai, India
JCI Accredited
NABH AccreditedApollo Proton Cancer Centre is listed for Targeted Therapy in Chennai because GAF's current data records the procedure at this campus and connects 2 affiliated medical oncologists with the same procedure. This is a catalog relationship, not confirmation that the procedure is suitable or currently scheduled for a specific patient.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH Accredited
NABL AccreditedGleneagles HealthCity Chennai is listed for Targeted Therapy in Chennai because GAF's current data records the procedure at this campus and connects 1 affiliated medical oncologist with the same procedure. This is a catalog relationship, not confirmation that the procedure is suitable or currently scheduled for a specific patient.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL AccreditedMGM Healthcare, Chennai is listed for Targeted Therapy in Chennai because GAF's current data records the procedure at this campus and connects 3 affiliated medical oncologists with the same procedure. This is a catalog relationship, not confirmation that the procedure is suitable or currently scheduled for a specific patient.
Chennai, India
JCI AccreditedNABH AccreditedNABL AccreditedRela Hospital is listed for Targeted Therapy in Chennai because GAF's current data records the procedure at this campus and connects 3 affiliated medical oncologists with the same procedure. This is a catalog relationship, not confirmation that the procedure is suitable or currently scheduled for a specific patient.
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, with more than 35 years of experience. Her listed specialization is medical oncology and her qualifications are MBBS and MD. Her…
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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…
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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
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.
Cost guides
City-specific planning guide; a hospital quotation is still required
$8,000–$30,000 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
The concise definition on this page comes from the canonical GAF Targeted Therapy treatment and cost content. This hospital page does not duplicate the full medical guide.
4 hospitals currently meet the hospital-specialty, hospital-procedure, doctor-hospital and doctor-procedure validation rules for this page.
Validated relationships currently appear in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai.
9 listed doctors have the exact procedure relationship at a hospital shown on this page. Inclusion is not a clinical ranking.
Use the linked GAF cost guide as an indicative planning range. A hospital quotation is required after records review, and an India range is not a city-specific or patient-specific price.
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