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| State       = Tamil Nadu
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| Type        = Regional Cancer Centre
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| Affiliation = Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University
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== About ==
Cancer Institute (WIA) is a [[cancer]] specialty hospital founded by Dr. [[Muthulakshmi Reddy]] in 1954. It is a public charitable and voluntary hospital dedicated to cancer care for past 60 years. It is the Regional Cancer Center in Tamil Nadu comprising of 535 bedded hospital, Research Division, College of oncological sciences and Preventive Oncology division providing state of art cancer therapy. Annually, 15,672 new patients and 140,935 follow-up cases are seen in the Institute. 

== Mission ==
To provide state of art treatment to any cancer patient irrespective of social or economic status

== Vision ==
No human being without any social or economic divide should undergo suffering because of any cancer disease

== Objective ==
To establish and run a charitable, non-profit, non-commercial cancer hospital, with state of art facilities for both diagnosis and treatment

==Achievements==
Cancer Institute (WIA) has several 'firsts' to its credit

*Cobalt-60 Teletherapy unit: 1956 
*[[nuclear medicine|Nuclear Medicine:]] 1956
*Pediatric Oncology: 1960
*L[[linear accelerator|inear accelerator]]: 1976
*Blood Component Therapy: 1978
*[[Hyperthermia]] therapy: 1984
*ND-YAG [[laser surgery|Surgical Laser]] & endoscopic laser surgery: 1985
*Intra-operative Electron Therapy: 1992
*RapidArc treatment: 2009
*M.Phil Psycho-oncology course: 2011

==Facilities==
The Institute has a hospital, a research center, 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).

Its center for preventive oncology has been working in conjunction with non-government organizations and government hospitals to conduct cancer screening camps and [[Pap smear]] tests at the district level and in various parts of the city.

The Institute's hereditary cancer clinic, the first in the country, is studying the [[genetics|genetic]] factors related to the disease.

The '''''Tobacco Cessation Clinic''''' has been helping people to fight various forms of [[tobacco]] consumption, which is the most common cause of cancer. It is now renamed as Resource Centre for Tobacco Control (RCTC).

The Institute has 535 beds. 40% of the patients are treated totally free and remaining patients pay a nominal amount.


A satellite cancer care center of the Adyar Cancer Institute is located at [[Pallikaranai]], which was inaugurated on February 12, 2011.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article1447883.ece Cancer Institute sets up satellite center at Pallikaranai]</ref>

In 2012, the institute obtained Robio, an indigenously-developed robotic equipment by Chennai-based healthcare company Perfint, in order to facilitate greater precision in conducting biopsies and delivering palliative care.<ref>{{cite news
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 | title = Now, robots to help fight cancer too 
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 | date = 16 February 2012 
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 | accessdate = 15 Sep 2012}}</ref>

==Recognition==
In 2005, Dr. [[V. Shanta]], executive chairman of the Cancer Institute was awarded the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]]. In 2016, she was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] for her immense contribution in the field of affordable cancer treatment in [[India]].

==Courses==

1). Radiotherapy - MD & DMRT

2). Medical Oncology - D.M

3). Surgical Oncology - M.Ch

4). Onco-Radiology & Nuclear Medicine - Fellowship

5). Psycho-Oncology - M.Phil & Ph.D

6). Radiotherapy Technology - B.Sc

7). Nuclear Medicine - B.Sc

8). Medical Physics - M.Sc

==References==
{{Portal|Chennai|Health}}[4] :http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135783<nowiki/>{{reflist}}

==External links==
* http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CI-WIA/
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