Patient services
Support for your next step.
Practical guidance for you and those supporting you, before your first visit and during care. You do not need to read everything at once. Start with what matters today.
What would you like help with?
I am newly diagnosed or want a second opinion
Find out what happens at a first consultation and how to prepare the questions you want answered. You can contact us even if some reports are still awaited.
Find your starting pointI want to arrange or prepare for a visit
See how to contact CTI, what happens next and which records to bring. Confirm the doctor, date, time and centre before travelling.
Contact CTI and prepare for your visitI am travelling from outside India
Contact the team before booking travel. Read about medical review, planning your stay and practical arrangements through Apollo International Patient Services, subject to availability.
Plan care from outside IndiaI need help with a health scheme
Read about the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) and Arogya Bhagya (ABY). Check eligibility, documents and authorisation for your care. The CTI pathway described is at Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road.
Understand the scheme pathwayInformation for everyday life
Living with cancer and supporting someone
Supportive care helps with the physical, emotional and practical effects of cancer and its treatment.
Eating and nutrition
Questions about eating, appetite and nutrition during treatment.
Symptoms and treatment effects
How to discuss pain, other symptoms and treatment effects with your team.
Emotional wellbeing and sleep
Information about emotional support, worries and sleep.
Supporting someone with cancer
Practical support for patients and the people caring for them.
Movement and rehabilitation
Information about movement, physiotherapy and recovery.
Intimacy, body image and fertility
Information to help you raise personal concerns with your care team.
Ask about the support you need
Tell our team what you’re finding difficult, and ask what support can be arranged. Ask whom to contact, whether a separate appointment is needed and which centre to attend.
Caregivers may need practical advice and support for their own wellbeing. If you are helping someone, ask how they would like you to be involved. You can help keep questions and records together, with their permission.
How to contact the team and what happens nextWho will be involved in your care?
Meet the doctors and read how the wider care team works together.
For urgent concerns about your current treatment, follow your treating team’s urgent-care instructions. If you need urgent care
WE ARE HERE TO HELP
Let’s take the next step together.
Talk to our cancer care team about an appointment, a second opinion or choosing a centre.
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