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{{Short description|Cancer research center in Kerala}}
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| director = Dr. Satheesan Balasubramanyan<ref>{{cite web |title='ചികിത്സിച്ചാലും മരിക്കും ഇല്ലെങ്കിലും മരിക്കും, പിന്നെന്തിനാ കാൻസർ ചികിത്സ'; മാറണം ഈ തെറ്റിദ്ധാരണ {{!}} cancer treatments {{!}} cancer treatment methods {{!}} |url=https://www.vanitha.in/specials/manorama-arogyam/cancer-treatments-misunderstandings.html |website=vanitha.in |publisher=[[Vanitha]] |language=ml}}</ref>
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| city = [[Thalassery]], [[Kannur district]]
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'''Malabar Cancer Centre''' (MCC) in [[Thalassery]], [[Kannur district]] is an autonomous [[Nonprofit organization|not-for-profit]] institution under Health and Family Welfare Department, [[Government of Kerala]]. In June 2022, the institute was upgraded to Post Graduate Institute of Oncology Sciences and Research.

==History==
The Malabar Cancer Center was started in the year 2000 when [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] was the Minister for Electricity.<ref name="Deshabhimani">{{cite news |title=വികസനക്കുതിപ്പിൽ മലബാർ കാൻസർ സെന്റർ: വിവിധ പദ്ധതികളുടെ ഉദ്ഘാടനം മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി നിർവഹിക്കും |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/malabar-cancer-centre/894679 |work=Deshabhimani |language=ml}}</ref> The institution was inaugurated in 2001, by the [[Third Nayanar ministry|E. K. Nayanar Government]], under the Electricity Department and later handed over to the Health Department in 2008.<ref name="Deshabhimani"/> In 2017, the [[Kerala Startup Mission]] signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malabar Cancer Center to establish a cancer care startup ecosystem in the state.<ref name="Business Standard">{{cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |title=Kerala to upgrade Malabar Cancer Centre |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kerala-to-upgrade-malabar-cancer-centre-117082800766_1.html |work=Business Standard India |date=28 August 2017}}</ref> In 2018, then Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has announced that the Malabar Cancer Center will be upgraded to [[Regional Cancer Centre|RCC]] standards.<ref>{{cite news |title=മലബാര്‍ കാന്‍സര്‍ സെന്റര്‍ ആര്‍സിസി നിലവാരത്തിലേക്ക് |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/money/malabar-cancer-center |work=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ml}}</ref><ref name="Business Standard"/> He also said that the government will take steps to set up a post-graduate center at the center.<ref name="Business Standard"/> In June 2022, the institute was upgraded to Post Graduate Institute of Oncology Sciences and Research.

==Cancer Treatment Centre==
The Malabar Cancer Center is an important government treatment center exclusively for treating cancer patients in Kerala, mainly in the [[Malabar coast|Malabar region]], the neighboring states of [[Karnataka]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Mahé, India|Mahe]], a district in the [[Union Territory of Puducherry]].<ref name="Business Standard"/> There are several disciplines in the institute including Pediatric Hematology, Pediatric Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, and Interventional Radiology.<ref name="Deshabhimani"/> In 2008, 1040 new patients were consulted in MCC, while in 2019 the number of new patients increased to 6500.<ref name="Deshabhimani"/> In 2019, the number of patients seeking follow-up treatment has increased to 77477 and 4600 people have been admitted for inpatient treatment.<ref name="Deshabhimani"/>

==Post Graduate Institute of Oncology Sciences and Research==
The [[Diplomate of National Board]] (DNB) Course in oncology was started in 2017 as part of the upgradation of MCC, a Research Center under the [[Kerala University of Health Sciences]], to a Post Graduate Institute.<ref>{{cite news |last1=P. |first1=Sudhakaran |title=Malabar Cancer Centre on expansion mode {{!}} Kochi News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/malabar-cancer-centre-on-expansion-mode/articleshow/59064803.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref> In June 2022, the Ministry of Kerala declared the Malabar Cancer Center as the Post Graduate Institute of Oncology Sciences and Research.<ref name="Asianet">{{cite news |title=മലബാര്‍ ക്യാന്‍സര്‍ സെന്ററിനെ പോസ്റ്റ് ഗ്രാജ്വേറ്റ് ഇന്‍സ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട് ഓഫ് ഓങ്കോളജിയായി പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/kerala-news/mcc-upgraded-as-post-graduated-institute-rdiujk |work=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ml}}</ref> Kerala Health Minister [[Veena George]] said that, as part of this, the center will be renamed as the Malabar Cancer Center (Post Graduate Institute of Oncology Sciences and Research).<ref name="Asianet"/> The Minister said that as a PG Institute, courses like MD, MCH and DM under the National Medical Commission could be started at the institute.<ref name="Asianet"/> Currently, about 270 students and six PhD research students are studying at the institute.<ref name="Asianet"/>

==Achievements==
In the government sector, the Department of [[Eye neoplasm|Ocular Oncology]] is being set up for the first time in the state at this institute.<ref name="newsatfirst">{{cite news |last1=Infologics |first1=Three Seas |title=കേരളത്തിലാദ്യമായി കണ്ണുകളിലെ കാന്‍സര്‍ ചികിത്സയ്ക്ക് ഒക്യുലര്‍ ഓങ്കോളജി വിഭാഗം; മലബാര്‍ കാന്‍സര്‍ സെന്ററിന് 18 കോടിയുടെ ഭരണാനുമതി |url=https://newsatfirst.com/news/29283-Department-of-Ocular-Oncology-for-the-treatment-of-eye-cancer-for-the-first-time-in-Kerala-18-crore-administrative-sanction-for-Malabar-Cancer-Center |work=newsatfirst.com |language=ml}}</ref> As of 2022, the Malabar Cancer Center is the only government-run institution in Kerala to perform [[Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation]] in children.<ref name="newsatfirst"/>

MCC was the only institution in Kerala to be approved for conducting [[human clinical trials]] for [[COVID-19]] vaccine.<ref name="ManoramaOnline">{{cite news |title=മലബാർ കാൻസർ സെന്ററിന് വാക്സീൻ പരീക്ഷണത്തിന് അനുമതി; കേരളത്തിലെ ഏകസ്ഥാപനം |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2021/06/29/malabar-cancer-centre-get-permission-for-covid-vaccine-tests.html |work=ManoramaOnline |agency=[[Malayala Manorama]] |language=ml}}</ref> The MCC was able to achieve this because it had all the facilities suggested by [[Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council]] (BIRAC).<ref name="ManoramaOnline"/>

==See also==
*[[Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram]]

== References ==
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