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| Name        = Adyar Cancer Institute
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(contracted; show full)  | newspaper = Deccan Herald 
  | location = Chennai
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  | publisher = Deccan Herald 
  | date = 22 March 2013 
  | url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/320732/make-adyar-cancer-institute-centre.html
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-  Mar-  2013}}</ref>

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==Several firsts==
The Institute's first break came on December 24, 1956, when Atomic Energy, [[Canada]], gifted a Cobalt-60 [[Teletherapy]] unit ([[radiation therapy]] machine). It was the first such unit in [[Asia]].

The Institute has several other firsts to its credit. They include:
(contracted; show full) | newspaper = IBN Live South 
 | location = Chennai
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 | publisher = Express News Service 
 | date = 16 February 2012 
 | url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/now-robots-to-help-fight-cancer-too/230632-60-120.html
 | accessdate = 15
-  Sep-  2012}}</ref>

==Recognition==
In 2005, Dr. [[V Shanta]], honorary chairperson of the Cancer Institute, was awarded the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]].

==References==
{{Portal|Chennai|Medicine}}
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==External links==
* [http://cancerinstitutewia.org Cancer Institute Home Page]
* [http://www.cifwia.org/aboutus/history/history.php Cancer Institute Donor Site]

{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Organizations established in 1954]]
[[Category:Cancer organizations]]
[[Category:Regional Cancer Centres in India]]
[[Category:Hospitals in Chennai]]
[[Category:Cancer hospitals]]
[[Category:1954 establishments in India]]