Mount Alvernia Hospital and Icon SOC partner to launch $25m integrated cancer centre

The upcoming facility is expected to start its operations in late 2020.

Mount Alvernia Hospital has appointed cancer care provider Icon SOC to build and manage a $25m integrated cancer centre in Singapore.

The upcoming facility will offer a 10-chair day oncology hospital delivering chemotherapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapy, a radiation therapy centre with the latest Linear Accelerator and capacity for a second machine, onsite PET-CT, pathology and pharmacy services.

It is said to have the capacity to treat up to 1,000 patients a year, including the 20% of patients who require concurrent chemotherapy and radiation.

The cancer centre is expected to begin operations in late 2020.