HCG – Industry Firsts
- HCG was the first hospital to perform Asia’s first Bloodless Bone Marrow Transplant.
- India’s first Computer Assisted Tumour Navigation Surgery (CATS) for bone cancer was performed at HCG
- HCG is the first hospital in India to introduce Flattening Free Filter (FFF) mode technology for cancer treatment.
- HCG is the first in Asia to have treated a patient with 3D radio-guided surgery – Surgic Eye.
- HCG is the first hospital in India to perform advanced bone reconstruction for Ewing’s Sarcoma using a massive donor bone. It is also the first to introduce biological bone reconstruction as a form of treatment in India.
- Cyberheart – HCG is the first hospital in India to remove a tumour in the left ventricle of the heart through CyberKnife.
- HCG is the first hospital in India to save a patient’s vocal cord through the world’s most advanced laser technology.
- HCG is the first hospital in India to introduce high-precision Trans-Oral Laser Surgery (TOLS) endoscopically.
- HCG has conducted the largest number of Breast Conservation Surgeries in India.
- HCG is first in India to introduce TrueBeam Linear Accelerator Radiotherapy System.
- It was the first in India to introduce Hyperthermia as a form of treatment.
- HCG is the first hospital in India to introduce Tomotherapy H.
- HCG is the first hospital in the world to perform the quickest radiosurgery to treat Trigeminal Neuralgia (“The Suicide Disease”).
- HCG, in association with Cevrgenx, is the first cancer centre to introduce high-precision genomics-based radiation therapy in India.
- HCG is the first in India to treat cancer patients using the AccurayRadixact system.
- HCG is the first hospital in India to digitise histopathology workflow for primary diagnosis.
- HCG is Karnataka’s first hospital to have a digital PET CT scanner for cancer diagnosis.
- Karnataka’s first plasma bank was launched at HCG Cancer Centre, Bangalore.