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Adyar Cancer Institute
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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>

==Several firsts==
The Institute's first break came on December 24, 1956, when Atomic Energy, [[Canada]], gifted a 
Ccobalt-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;
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[[Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1954]]
[[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]]