Doctor discovery · Radiation Oncology
Chennai has an established international-patient corridor and a listed radiation-oncology faculty across several districts. Airport access is useful only after the fraction location is known.
Quick answer
Radiation oncology in India uses carefully planned external beams or internal sources to treat cancer and selected non-cancer conditions. The appropriate technique and course depend on the treatment site, intended number of fractions, nearby sensitive organs and planning complexity; a radiation oncologist confirms these after reviewing the diagnosis, imaging and any previous radiation.
Radiation oncology is the medical specialty that uses ionising radiation to damage the DNA of abnormal cells while limiting dose to healthy tissue. A radiation oncologist is the physician who assesses whether radiation is appropriate, defines its intent, prescribes dose and fractionation, and manages treatment-related effects. External beam radiotherapy directs radiation from a machine outside the body; brachytherapy instead places a sealed source inside or close to the target for a steep, local dose fall-off.
Chennai's catalog entries sit across several hospital districts, some with relatively direct airport access, but airport convenience does not identify the radiation delivery site. The page shows clinicians and hospitals represented in the current GAF catalog for Chennai and inserts their live relationships separately from this editorial. Patients should establish whether consultation, CT simulation, daily treatment and any related review occur at the same campus before choosing accommodation or local transport. 12 listed radiation oncology specialists currently appear for Chennai, across 4 hospitals in the catalog.
A doctor appears only when the GAF catalog records the matching Radiation Oncology specialty, location and, where selected, exact procedure relationship. Results are not ranked by outcomes or medical superiority.
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12 radiation oncologists and 4 hospitals currently match this city and specialty filter. GAF Healthcare's doctor listings are based on available professional information such as specialty, qualifications, experience, hospital affiliation and documented areas of clinical expertise. The listing is intended to help patients compare relevant specialists and should not be interpreted as a clinical ranking or endorsement. Inclusion does not constitute a medical ranking or guarantee of treatment outcome.
Radiation Oncology treatment costs in Chennai, India · Chennai Radiation Oncology city guide
Specialists
12 catalog records match the current filters. Ordering is alphabetical by city and name, not a ranking.
Showing 1–10 of 12
Senior Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Oncology
Dr. Anbarasi Kumaresan is a Senior Consultant Radiation Oncologist at MGM Healthcare, Chennai, with more than 17 years of experience. Her clinical work includes radiotherapy for head and neck cancers, breast cancer and…
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Clinical Lead & Consultant in Radiation Oncology
Dr. Azmi Saundarya K is Clinical Lead and Consultant in Radiation Oncology at Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai, with more than 8 years of experience. She treats breast, gynaecological, head and neck, thoracic, gastrointest…
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Visiting Consultant, Radiation Oncology
Dr. Christopher John is a Visiting Consultant in Radiation Oncology at Rela Hospital, Chennai, with more than 14 years of experience. Neuro-oncology and head and neck oncology are his principal clinical interests, and h…
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Senior Consultant & Visiting Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Oncology
Dr. K. R. Prasanna Kumar is Senior Consultant and Visiting Radiation Oncologist at Rela Hospital, Chennai, with more than 18 years of experience in radiation oncology. He treats cancer with a wide span of external beam…
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Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology
Dr. M. Janarthinakani is a Senior Consultant in Radiation Oncology at Rela Hospital in Chennai, with more than 25 years of experience and medical oncology listed alongside radiation oncology among his specializations. H…
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Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology
Dr. Prahlad Yathiraj is a Senior Consultant in Radiation Oncology at MGM Healthcare, Chennai, with more than 15 years of experience. His practice brings together routine radiation therapy for cancer and the more focused…
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Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology
Dr. Rakesh Jalali is a Senior Consultant in Radiation Oncology at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Chennai, with more than 30 years of experience. Neuro-oncology and proton therapy are the most prominent areas of his work,…
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Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology
Dr. S. Alex Antony Prasad is a Senior Consultant in Radiation Oncology at MGM Healthcare in Chennai, with more than 30 years of experience and medical oncology recorded alongside radiation oncology among his specializat…
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Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Oncology
Dr. S. Usha is a Radiation Oncologist at Rela Hospital, Chennai, with more than 14 years of experience. Her work with solid tumors has a particular focus on breast and gynecologic cancers, including cancers of the cervi…
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Senior Consultant, Radiation Oncology
Dr. Sapna Nangia is a Senior Consultant in Radiation Oncology at Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Chennai, with more than 33 years of experience. She works with proton beam therapy as well as photon-based techniques includi…
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Clinical decisions
These are planning questions, not a scoring system. Technique, campus and follow-up still have to be confirmed in writing.
Treatments
Each treatment keeps its canonical cost guide. Doctor lists only include exact procedure mappings.
External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT)
External beam radiotherapy delivers radiation from a machine outside the body — usually a linear accelerator — so that a tumour or an area at risk can be treated without placing a source inside the patient. After simulation and planning, the patient lies in an immobilisation device while the machine delivers the day's fraction. Each session is usually brief; the calendar, not the beam-on time, drives travel.
Radiation oncologists for External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT)External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT) treatment in India
3 mapped specialists
3D Conformal Radiotherapy (3D-CRT)
3D conformal radiotherapy is a form of external-beam treatment that shapes radiation beams to the three-dimensional outline of a target using CT-based planning. After CT-based contouring, shaped beams are delivered on a linear accelerator. Sessions are usually outpatient and brief; the fraction calendar still drives lodging.
Radiation oncologists for 3D Conformal Radiotherapy (3D-CRT)3D Conformal Radiotherapy (3D-CRT) treatment in India
3 mapped specialists
Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
IMRT is an external-beam technique that varies the intensity of many small beamlets so that a high dose can wrap a target while lowering dose to nearby organs. After inverse planning and physics QA, each fraction is delivered with the patient immobilised. Beam-on time is longer than a simple 3D plan; the calendar is still measured in weeks for most curative courses.
Radiation oncologists for Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) treatment in India
12 mapped specialists
Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT)
IGRT uses imaging immediately before or during a radiation fraction so that the day's setup can be checked against the plan before the beam is delivered. The patient is immobilised, an image is taken, shifts are applied if needed, then the planned beam is delivered. Imaging time is part of the appointment, not an optional extra in the bunker.
Radiation oncologists for Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT)Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT) treatment in India
3 mapped specialists
Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
Stereotactic radiosurgery delivers a high, tightly focused radiation dose to a small intracranial or selected skull-base target in one or a few sessions, using rigid immobilisation and precise imaging. After specialised planning and a mask or frame, the dose is delivered in a longer single sitting or a short series. Most patients go home the same day.
Radiation oncologists for Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) treatment in India
9 mapped specialists
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)
SBRT delivers a high radiation dose to a small target outside the brain in one to five sessions, using tight margins, motion management and image guidance. After specialised planning, each session is longer than a conventional fraction. Most patients remain outpatients.
Radiation oncologists for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) treatment in India
12 mapped specialists
CyberKnife
CyberKnife is a robotic radiosurgery platform used to deliver stereotactic radiation to selected brain or body targets, often with image tracking during the session. After specialised planning, a robotic arm delivers many small beams while imaging tracks the target. Sessions can be long. Most patients go home the same day.
Radiation oncologists for CyberKnifeCyberKnife treatment in India
7 mapped specialists
Proton Beam Therapy
Proton beam therapy is a form of external-beam radiation that uses protons, which deposit most of their dose at a defined depth (the Bragg peak) and then stop, reducing exit dose beyond the target. After specialised planning, daily fractions are delivered over weeks in most curative courses. Immobilisation and image guidance still apply.
Radiation oncologists for Proton Beam TherapyProton Beam Therapy treatment in India
3 mapped specialists
Brachytherapy
Brachytherapy places a radioactive source inside or next to the target so that a high dose can be given over a short distance, with a rapid fall-off away from the source. After applicator placement — sometimes under anaesthesia — a planned source dwell delivers the dose. HDR courses may use several insertions; LDR is a different dwell pattern.
Radiation oncologists for BrachytherapyBrachytherapy treatment in India
11 mapped specialists
Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
Total body irradiation is radiation given to the whole body, almost always as part of a haematopoietic stem-cell transplant conditioning protocol rather than as elective solid-tumour treatment. Simulation includes whole-body geometry and lung shielding if used. Fractions follow the protocol — often more than once a day over several days — while the patient lives on a transplant ward.
Radiation oncologists for Total Body Irradiation (TBI)Total Body Irradiation (TBI) treatment in India
4 mapped specialists
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 · 5 listed radiation oncologists
Radiation Oncology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 3 listed radiation oncologists
Radiation Oncology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 3 listed radiation oncologists
Radiation Oncology hospitals in ChennaiChennai · 1 listed radiation oncologist
Radiation 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
Radiation may follow breast-conserving surgery or selected mastectomies, treat regional nodes, or provide symptom control.
Prostate cancer
External beam, stereotactic treatment or an implant may suit selected disease, depending on risk group, anatomy and urinary function.
Lung cancer
Radiation may be definitive, stereotactic for selected early tumours, postoperative in specific circumstances, or palliative.
Brain tumours and brain metastases
Focal radiosurgery, fractionated treatment or broader fields may be considered according to diagnosis, burden, location and previous treatment.
Head and neck cancers
Conformal external beams can limit dose near sensitive structures; selected accessible targets may use an implant.
Cervical and other gynecologic cancers
Pelvic external beams and image-guided brachytherapy may complement each other in selected cervical and other gynecologic pathways.
Rectal and esophageal cancers
Radiation may accompany chemotherapy before surgery, form selected definitive treatment, or control symptoms; stage and operability shape timing.
Liver and oligometastatic tumours
Ablative radiation may suit a limited number of defined targets when motion and organ-dose constraints can be met.
Bone and spine metastases
Radiation can relieve pain or protect neurological function; stability, cord compression, prior dose and prognosis guide technique.
Hematologic and transplant indications
Local radiation may treat lymphoma or symptoms; TBI is reserved for selected transplant conditioning protocols.
Selected intraocular tumours
An ocular plaque may suit selected tumours after specialist review of dimensions, location and stage.
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.
External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT)
View cost guide · $1,000–$6,000+
3D Conformal Radiotherapy (3D-CRT)
View cost guide · $700–$2,500+
Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)
View cost guide · $6,500–$14,500
Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT)
View cost guide · $7,200–$16,000
Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS)
View cost guide · $8,500–$18,000
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)
View cost guide · $8,000–$17,500
CyberKnife
View cost guide · $11,000–$24,000
Gamma Knife
View cost guide · $10,500–$22,000
Proton Beam Therapy
View cost guide · $28,000–$55,000
Brachytherapy
View cost guide · $5,500–$13,000
Intracavitary Brachytherapy
View cost guide · $6,000–$14,000
Interstitial Brachytherapy
View cost guide · $6,800–$15,500
Plaque Brachytherapy
View cost guide · $7,500–$16,000
Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT)
View cost guide · $8,200–$17,000
Total Body Irradiation (TBI)
View cost guide · $12,000–$28,000
Guides
The quick answer on this page is summarised from GAF Healthcare’s Radiation Oncology treatment guide. That guide remains the canonical article for clinical context, treatment options and planning.
A radiation oncologist evaluates the relevant diagnosis, explains suitable treatments, coordinates treatment-specific assessment and follow-up, and discusses alternatives and material risks. The specialty guide provides clinical context without ranking individual doctors.
12 catalog records currently match this Chennai listing. Filter by city, hospital or documented procedure. “Best” is the discovery heading for that search intent, not a clinical ranking.
Listed radiation oncologists currently appear in Delhi NCR (31), Mumbai (3), Bengaluru (8), Chennai (12), Hyderabad (16). Counts are directory facts, not quality scores.
The catalog currently maps radiation oncologists to External Beam Radiotherapy (EBRT), 3D Conformal Radiotherapy (3D-CRT), Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT), Image-Guided Radiotherapy (IGRT), Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS), Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), CyberKnife, Gamma Knife. Procedure pages are published only when enough exact doctor relationships exist.
Hospitals with current listings include Rela Hospital, Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Gleneagles HealthCity Chennai. A hospital profile remains the canonical campus page.
Use the compare tray to place two to four listed specialists side by side on experience, qualifications, hospital, city and mapped procedures. Comparison uses catalog fields only.
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Plan hydration and indoor rest with advice from the treating team, especially during a daily course. The live catalog identifies represented entities, not climate-specific support or medical suitability.
No such inference should be made. Verify the exact campus, clinician role and technique in writing; live catalog relationships are the source for displayed cards, not proof of branch-level capability.
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