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{{Infobox institute<br />
| name = Cancer Institute (WIA)<br />
| other_name = Adyar Cancer Institute<br />
| motto = ''Service to all''<br />
| image = Adyar Cancer Institute.jpg<br />
| founder = [[Muthulakshmi Reddy]]<br />
| established = 1952<br />
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| focus = [[Cancer research]]<br> [[Oncology]]<br />
| chairman = Sugalchand Jain<br />
| location = [[Adyar, Chennai|Adyar]], [[Chennai]], [[India]]<br />
| website = [http://cancerinstitutewia.in/ Official website]<br />
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The '''Cancer Institute (WIA)''', also known as the '''Adyar Cancer Institute''', is a non-profit cancer treatment and research centre based in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> The Cancer Institute (WIA) was established in the year 1952 under the leadership of [[Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl2511/stories/20080606251101400.htm |title=Navigation News &#124; Frontline |publisher=Frontline.in |access-date=2017-09-26}}</ref> In 1974, the institute became the [[Regional Cancer Centre]] and declared as a "Centre of Excellence" by the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref><br />
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==Academics==<br />
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]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/history.html |title=Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai, Adyar |publisher=Cancerinstitutewia.in |access-date=2017-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{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=31 May 2021 }}</ref> The institute has been conducting [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] (Radiotherapy), [[Doctor of Medicine|DM]] (Medical Oncology), [[Master of Surgery|MCh]] (Surgical Oncology) and other Diploma and Fellowship programmes, affiliated to the [[MGR Medical University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/coursesoffered.html |title=Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai, Adyar |publisher=Cancerinstitutewia.in |access-date=2017-09-26}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/medicalphysics_activities.html |title=Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai, Adyar |publisher=Cancerinstitutewia.in |access-date=2017-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Healthcare in Chennai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://cancerinstitutewia.in/ Official website]<br />
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