Woman-led breast care · 35+ centres across Telangana & AP
Breast Cancer Treatment in Hyderabad
A quick guide to your treatment
Which treatments you need depends on the stage of the cancer and its receptor subtype (ER/PR & HER2), confirmed from your biopsy. At CION a tumour board — surgical, medical and radiation oncologists together — agrees your plan, and the breast is conserved wherever it is safe.
CION offers the full range of breast cancer treatment — breast-conserving surgery and mastectomy, reconstruction, radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, HER2-targeted therapy and immunotherapy — across its Hyderabad clinics and regional centres. Which combination you need is decided by the tumour board from your stage and receptor subtype.
Treatments we deliver — book a consult for any of these:
Breast cancer treatment in Hyderabad typically costs around ₹1.2 lakh to ₹6.5 lakh, depending on the type of surgery, whether chemotherapy, radiation, targeted therapy or reconstruction are needed, and your insurance or Aarogyasri cover. Eligible treatment — including radiation therapy — may be largely covered under Aarogyasri / PMJAY at empanelled centres. See treatment cost in India.
Indicative price guide (varies by stage, subtype and plan)
Treatment component
Indicative range
Breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy)
₹1,20,000 – ₹1,80,000
Mastectomy
₹1,40,000 – ₹2,20,000
Modified radical mastectomy
₹1,80,000 – ₹2,80,000
Breast reconstruction
₹2,50,000 – ₹5,00,000
Chemotherapy (full course)
₹1,20,000 – ₹3,00,000
Radiation therapy (full course)
₹1,20,000 – ₹2,50,000
HER2-targeted therapy (course)
₹3,00,000 – ₹8,00,000
Talk to our team
Have questions about breast cancer? Speak to a specialist.
Call the helpline or leave your details, and someone will help you arrange a consultation at the CION centre nearest you. One helpline serves every CION centre.
Fear and stigma keep women away from care. Here are the beliefs we hear most in Telangana, and the facts that answer them.
“A biopsy or surgery will make the cancer spread.”
Fact: This is a harmful myth. Biopsies and surgery are standard, safe steps done under controlled conditions — they do not spread cancer. The real risk is delay, which postpones diagnosis and lets a treatable cancer grow.
“If I lose my breast, my life and my marriage are over.”
Fact: Many women keep the breast through conserving surgery, and where mastectomy is needed, reconstruction and counselling support both appearance and confidence. Survivors go on to lead full personal, social and married lives.
“Cancer treatment is unaffordable for a middle-class family.”
Fact: Support exists. Aarogyasri and PMJAY cover eligible treatment at empanelled centres, and financial counselling helps map out costs. Cost should not be the reason care is delayed.
“Ayurveda or home remedies alone can cure it, so I can avoid hospital.”
Fact: Please be careful. Traditional practices may support comfort, but relying on them instead of proven treatment wastes the window when breast cancer is most treatable. Discuss anything complementary with your oncology team rather than using it as a replacement.
“Chemotherapy is worse than the disease.”
Fact: Side effects are manageable. Supportive care has advanced greatly, treatment is personalised, and many women continue work and daily life through it. Not everyone needs chemotherapy — the tumour board decides based on your results.
“Talking about cancer brings bad luck, so I should hide it.”
Fact: Silence delays care. Speaking openly lets your family rally support and helps you get treated sooner. There is no shame in a diagnosis, and no one deserves cancer.
“There is no pain, so it cannot be cancer.”
Fact: Most early breast cancers are painless. A painless lump is the classic presentation, and breast pain is far more often due to a harmless cause. Waiting for pain is one of the commonest reasons women are diagnosed late.
“Cancer is contagious — I could catch it from her.”
Fact: Breast cancer is not infectious. You cannot catch it by touch, by sharing food, or by caring for someone who has it. This myth isolates women at the very time they most need family around them.
“Radiation will make me radioactive and unsafe for my children.”
Fact: Standard external radiotherapy does not make you radioactive. You can hug your children and be around family safely throughout. Your radiation oncologist explains any exception clearly before it starts.
“No one in my family had breast cancer, so I am safe.”
Fact: Most women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history at all. A family history raises risk, but its absence does not protect you — which is why a new lump or change should be checked regardless.
“It runs in my family, so nothing I do will make a difference.”
Fact: Inherited risk is not destiny. Genetic counselling and BRCA testing can identify it, and when risk is high there are real options — earlier and more frequent screening, and risk-reducing steps. Knowing early is what gives you choices.
“Once you have cancer, there is no point treating it.”
Fact: Early-stage breast cancer is highly treatable, and outcomes have improved markedly over the last two decades. Even advanced disease can often be controlled for a long time. Treatment changes outcomes.
“A second opinion will offend my doctor or waste time.”
Fact: A second opinion is normal and welcomed in cancer care — it confirms the plan and gives you confidence. It matters most when a mastectomy has been advised without discussing whether the breast can be conserved. At CION it is free when you have a biopsy report.
“I am too young to get breast cancer.”
Fact: Breast cancer in India is often diagnosed in women in their 30s and 40s — younger than in the West. Being young makes a lump less likely to be cancer, but it does not make it impossible. Any new lump that persists should be checked.
“A mammogram causes cancer, or hurts too much to bear.”
Fact: The radiation dose in a mammogram is very low, and the benefit of finding a cancer early far outweighs it. The pressure is brief and uncomfortable rather than harmful — and it is over in seconds.
“Treatment means I can never have children.”
Fact: Not necessarily. Fertility preservation can often be arranged before chemotherapy begins, and many women go on to have children after treatment. Raise it at your first consultation — the time to plan is before treatment starts, not after.
“I will just be a burden on my family.”
Fact: Most women continue much of their normal life through treatment, and those who accept help early recover more comfortably. Your family would far rather support you now than lose you to a delay.
“If people at work find out, I will lose my job and my privacy.”
Fact: Your diagnosis is yours to share, and CION treats it confidentially. Treatment is scheduled around your life wherever possible, and many women work through much of it. Hiding the diagnosis from yourself is the only version that costs you.
“Men cannot get breast cancer, so a lump in a man is nothing.”
Fact: Men have breast tissue and can develop breast cancer. It is uncommon, which is exactly why it is often ignored and found late. A lump under a man's nipple deserves the same prompt check as a woman's.
“I will have to go to Mumbai or abroad for proper treatment.”
Fact: The same protocols, the same tumour-board approach and specialists trained at AIIMS, Tata Memorial, BHU, SVIMS and Adyar are here. With 9 clinics in Hyderabad and 35+ centres across Telangana and AP, most of your care can happen close to home.
Free consultation
Talk to a breast cancer specialist — free
A worry about a lump, a mammogram, or a treatment plan you've been given shouldn't wait. Book a free first consultation and, if you already have a biopsy, a free written second opinion.
Your reports reviewed by a woman-led breast team
An honest answer on whether your breast can be conserved
Aarogyasri / PMJAY & insurance guidance
Staging & outlook
Breast cancer stages and what they mean for outlook
Breast cancer is grouped into stages 0 to IV based on the size of the tumour, whether it has reached the lymph nodes, and whether it has spread further. The earlier it is found, the more treatable it is — early-stage breast cancer is highly treatable, and outcomes have improved markedly over the last two decades.
Breast cancer stages 0–IV — every stage has a plan, and early detection saves lives.
Stage 0 — non-invasive (DCIS); cells are confined to the ducts.
Doctors stage breast cancer using the internationally recognised TNM staging system (Cancer Research UK). Survival varies widely by stage and subtype, and general figures cannot predict any one person's outcome. Your oncologist will explain what your specific stage and biology mean for you — honestly, and without false promises. Read more on breast cancer stages, grade and whether breast cancer is curable.
Meet the Specialists
17+ senior cancer specialists. One panel for your case.
Trained at AIIMS, Tata Memorial, and leading international centres. Combined 150+ years of experience. Every complex case is reviewed by 3+ of them — together.
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Where to find us
Our centres in and around Hyderabad
Addressed by landmark, because that is how this city navigates. Each centre also names the areas it serves, so you can place it without a map. Consultation and day-care Chemotherapy run at every one of them.
Have questions about breast cancer? Speak to a specialist.
Call the helpline or leave your details, and someone will help you arrange a consultation at the CION centre nearest you. One helpline serves every CION centre.
Medical disclaimer: This page is for general information and awareness and does not replace professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult a qualified oncologist. Costs shown are indicative only and not a quotation. Content is periodically reviewed by CION's medical team.
