Archive · 23 Sep 2026
Apollo Cancer Centres Visakhapatnam Completes 104 Bone Marrow Transplants
Apollo Cancer Centres in Visakhapatnam performed 104 bone marrow transplants in three years.
Bone marrow transplants can help treat serious blood and cancer-related illnesses.
The patients included 73 adults and 31 children.
Doctors treated illnesses such as leukaemia, lymphoma, thalassemia and sickle cell disease.
The centre said it completed Andhra Pradesh’s first successful transplants for sickle cell anaemia and thalassemia.
It also said it was the only centre in the state to successfully provide five CAR-T cell therapies.
Hospital leaders credited teamwork among medical and support staff.
They said the work helps patients receive specialised treatment closer to home.
Apollo Cancer Centres in Visakhapatnam completed 104 bone marrow transplants over three years.
The procedures treated conditions including leukaemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and aplastic anaemia.
Other treated conditions included thalassemia, sickle cell disease and neuroblastoma.
The transplants involved 73 adults and 31 paediatric patients.
The centre reported Andhra Pradesh’s first successful BMTs for sickle cell anaemia and thalassemia, along with five CAR-T therapies.
- Who
- Apollo Cancer Centres, Visakhapatnam, led by its oncology and medical-services teams, treated the patients.
- What
- The centre completed 104 bone marrow transplants and five CAR-T cell therapies.
- When
- Over a three-year period; the articles do not specify the exact dates.
- Where
- Apollo Cancer Centres in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To provide specialised treatment for complex blood disorders and cancers closer to patients’ homes.
- Bone marrow transplants
- 104 completed in three years
- Adult patients
- 73
- Paediatric patients
- 31
- Conditions treated
- Leukaemia, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, aplastic anaemia, thalassemia, sickle cell disease and neuroblastoma
- State firsts
- The centre reported Andhra Pradesh’s first successful BMTs for sickle cell anaemia and thalassemia
- CAR-T therapies
- Five successfully delivered; the centre described itself as the only such centre in Andhra Pradesh
- Care objective
- Providing specialised care closer to home