Cancer Institute (WIA)
{{Short description|Cancer hospital in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox institute
| name = Cancer Institute (WIA - Women's Indian Association)
| other_name = Adyar Cancer Institute
| motto = Service to All
| image = Adyar Cancer Institute.jpg
| founder = Muthulakshmi Reddy
| established = {{start date and age|1952}}
| focus = Cancer research
Oncology
| head_label = Chairman
| head = R. Seshasayee
| location = Adyar, Chennai, India
| website = [http://cancerinstitutewia.in/ Official website]
}}
The Cancer Institute (WIA - Women's Indian Association), also known as the Adyar Cancer Institute, is a non-profit cancer treatment and research centre based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.{{cite web |url=http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/about%20the%20institute.html |title=Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai, Adyar |publisher=Cancerinstitutewia.in |access-date=2017-09-26 |archive-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235805/http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/about%20the%20institute.html |url-status=dead }} The Cancer Institute (WIA) was established in the year 1952 under the leadership of Muthulakshmi Reddy.{{cite web|url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl2511/stories/20080606251101400.htm |title=Navigation News | Frontline |publisher=Frontline.in |access-date=2017-09-26}} In 1974, the institute became the Regional Cancer Centre and declared a "Centre of Excellence" by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.{{cite web|author=Kamala Ganesh |url=https://thewire.in/24272/a-woman-pioneer-in-the-male-world-of-oncology/ |title=A Woman Pioneer in the Male World of Oncology - The Wire |publisher=Thewire.in |access-date=2017-09-26}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/S1470-2045(04)01446-9 |pmid=15085851 |title=Cancer Institute at Chennai: A model for resource-poor countries |journal=The Lancet Oncology |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=204 |year=2004 |last1=Sharma |first1=Dinesh C }}
Academics
Cancer Institute (WIA) is the first medical school in India to offer degrees in various sub-specialities of oncology recognized by the Medical Council of India.{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s13193-011-0045-y |pmid=22693392 |pmc=3244254 |title=S Krishnamurthy—Tribute to a Doyen in Oncology |journal=Indian Journal of Surgical Oncology |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=356–7 |year=2011 |last1=Harish |first1=K }}{{cite web |url=http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/history.html |title=Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai, Adyar |publisher=Cancerinstitutewia.in |access-date=2017-09-26 |archive-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910065001/http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/history.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal |pmid=21206719 |pmc=3009435 |year=2010 |last1=Shanta |first1=V |title=First Pediatric Oncology Unit in India at the Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai |journal=Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=101–2 |doi=10.4103/0971-5851.73604 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |doi-access=free}} The institute has been conducting MD (Radiotherapy), DM (Medical Oncology), MCh (Surgical Oncology) and other Diploma and Fellowship programmes, affiliated to the MGR Medical University.{{cite web |url=http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/coursesoffered.html |title=Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai, Adyar |publisher=Cancerinstitutewia.in |access-date=2017-09-26 |archive-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926190946/http://www.cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/coursesoffered.html |url-status=dead }} The institute is also recognised by both the University of Madras and Anna University for research leading to MPhil and PhD degrees in the areas of medical physics, psycho-oncology and molecular oncology.{{cite web |url=http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/medicalphysics_activities.html |title=Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai, Adyar |publisher=Cancerinstitutewia.in |access-date=2017-09-26 |archive-date=27 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927052559/http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/medicalphysics_activities.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://cdc.unom.ac.in/index.php?route=colleges/research |title=Research Institutions |publisher=Cdc.unom.ac.in |access-date=2017-09-26}}{{cite web|url=http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/download/M.Phil%20prospectus%202016-2017.pdf|title=Cancer Institute (WIA), College of Oncological Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu|website=Cancerinstitutewia.in|access-date=3 January 2019|archive-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417042900/http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/download/M.Phil%20prospectus%202016-2017.pdf|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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Category:1952 establishments in Madras State
Category:Research institutes established in 1954
Category:Research institutes in Chennai
Category:Medical research institutes in India
Category:Medical colleges in Tamil Nadu