Regional Cancer Centre


Regional Cancer Centres are cancer care hospitals and research institutes operating in India under the joint control and funding of the Government of India and the respective state governments. The name 'regional' because each of these institutions cater to a designated region, usually a number of districts in the country. There are presently 25 such centres spanning all the states and union territories of India. This system works under the National Cancer Control Programme which started in 1975 under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The scheme originally started with 5 RCCs for 5 designated regions of the nation. Later this number was increased in steps. The present number of RCCs is more than 25 and the union government is planning to assign RCC status to more regional cancer hospitals. In 2011, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy looked to have Malabar Cancer Centre upgraded to the level of a regional cancer centre.

Regional Cancer Centres in India

Regional Cancer Centres, presently approved and funded by the central government are:
NameCityStateEstRef
Kamla Nehru Memorial HospitalAllahabadUttar Pradesh1931
Regional Cancer CentreThiruvananthapuramKerala1981
Chittaranjan National Cancer InstituteKolkataWest Bengal1950
Gujarat Cancer Research InstituteAhmedabadGujarat1972
Kidwai Memorial Institute of OncologyBangaloreKarnataka1980
Mehdi Nawaz Jung Institute of OncologyHyderabadTelangana
Regional Cancer Institute Adyar, ChennaiTamil Nadu1954
Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer InstituteGuwahatiAssam1973
Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer CentreCuttackOdisha1981
Tata Memorial HospitalParel, MumbaiMaharashtra1941
Indira Gandhi Medical CollegeShimlaHimachal Pradesh1977
Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical SciencesPatnaBihar1983
Cancer Hospital & Research CentreGwaliorMadhya Pradesh
Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Institute and Research CentreBikanerRajasthan1940
A.I.I.M.S Indian Rotary Cancer InstituteAnsari Nagar, New DelhiNCR
Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesRohtakHaryana1960
Rashtra Sant Tukdoji Regional Cancer HospitalNagpurMaharashtra1974
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical CollegeRaipurChhattisgarh1963
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and ResearchPuducherryPuducherry1964
Civil HospitalAizawlMizoram1896
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchChandigarhChandigarh1962
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesLucknowUttar Pradesh1983
Arignar Anna Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research InstituteKancheepuramTamil Nadu
Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical SciencesSoura, SrinagarKashmir1988