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| Name        = Cancer Institute (W.I.A), Chennai
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| Location    = [[Adyar (Chennai)|Adyar]], [[Chennai]]
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The Cancer Institute (W.I.A) established in 1955 is an autonomous charitable comprehensive cancer centre registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. In 1975, it was declared a regional centre of cancer treatment and research for the southern region by the Government of India, the first cancer centre to be so chosen.

The Institute comprises of a Hospital, a Research Centre, the Dr. Muthulakshmi College of Oncologic Sciences and the Centre of Preventive Oncology.

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Tobacco Cessation Centre was established in 2001 with the support of WHO and the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. The Tobacco Cessation Clinic has been helping people to fight various forms of tobacco consumption.


== Dr. V. Shanta, Chairman, Cancer Institute (W.I.A) ==
My encounter with cancer started in 1954. Over the last 6 decades, there has been a sea change in the cancer horizon. When the Institute was founded in 1954, the second specialised hospital for cancer in the country, the perception of cancer was that it was invariably fatal and incurable. The only modalities of treatment available were surgery, radical surgery wherever possible and primitive High Voltage radiotherapy. Medical Oncology was not born. The phenomenal proliferation of scientific knowledge and technology between 1960-80 and the dawn of medical oncology in 1970 saw the advent of the concept of multimodality / multidisciplinary management in Oncology. We moved from incurability to curability, from cure to quality care, from survival to healing.

Oncologic practice is perhaps one of the most difficult and complex super specialities in medicine. WHS Jones in his translation of the work of Hippocrates says, "Medicine is a difficult art and one inseperable from the highest mortality and love of humanity". The relevance of this in the context of ethical conduct and practice in medicine, especially in oncologic practice is more than real.

The modern era has witnessed and is witnessing phenomenal advances in scientific knowledge and proliferation in technology. William Osler therefore said, practice of medicine is "an art and a science". As technology advanced the balance between technology, science and art shifted towards  the former and thus practice of medicine became "Science and art" and over a period of time the art component is gradually disappearing or has disappeared. William Osler at a later date said, practice of medicine is "an art, not a trade; a calling not a business". This is not doubt a reference to ethical practice. 

The implications of this change in medicare scenario, especially in oncologic practice are multifold. They are reflected in the guidelines laid down by Hippocrates. Hippocrates 460-377 BC considered father of medicine laid down certain basic guidelines for medical practice, considered a model for ethical practice.

It was a era when medicine was an "art of healing".

It was an era when the physician treated by "listening" to the patient.

In the present context of increasing technology and multidisciplinary care, it will be the responsibility of the oncologist to carefully consider the following:
* How to integrate the science, art and ethical practice in oncology care
* Multidisciplinary team in oncologic care and practice
* What is comprehensive care⏎
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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;
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