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'''Adyar Cancer Institute''' is a [[cancer]] specialty hospital situated in the city of [[Chennai]], [[India]]; founded by Dr. [[Muthulakshmi Reddy]] on June 18, 1954 on the 
Lland donated by Mr. S. K. Puniyakoti Mudaliar.

The institute has been rated by the [[World Health Organisation]] (WHO) as the Top Ranking Centre in the country.<ref>{{cite news 
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  | title = Make Adyar Cancer institute Centre of Excellence: Jaya to PM 
  | 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
  | accessdate = 24 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:

*A department of [[nuclear medicine|Nuclear Medical]] [[Oncology]] in 1956;
*Paediatric oncology in 1960;
*Installing a [[linear accelerator]] in 1976;
*Introducing Blood Component Therapy in 1978;
*Introducing [[hyperthermia]] treatment in 1984;
*Installing an ND-YAG [[laser surgery|Surgical Laser]] in 1985 and performing endoscopic laser surgery;
*Intra-operative Electron Therapy is available since 1992.
*First in the country to introduce RapidArc treatment in January 2009
*First in the country to start M.Phil Psycho-oncology in August 2011

==Present facilities==
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The Institute has a hospital, a research centre, a centre of preventive oncology, and a College of Oncology Sciences (a postgraduate college that conducts super-speciality courses in surgical oncology, medical oncology, oncological nursing, Medical Physics and Psycho-oncology).

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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]

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