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  • A major REHABILITATION RESEARCH CENTRE including a Workshop for Cancer Patients, was established in 1962 in the Sewree-Wadala area of Bombay, close to the Tata Memorial Hospital (another similar unit is also being setup in Delhi and we are planning to have identical Units in Calcutta and Madras in the near future).
     

  • A CHEMOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT was organized by us at the Tata Memorial Hospital in 1954. The first such unit to be established in India. Chemotherapy is one of the three basic methods of treating cancer.
     

  • The first CYTOLOGY LABORATORY in our country was also organized by us at the Tata Memorial Hospital, in 1956. Cytology is an important diagnostic tool for early detection of Cancer. The CHEMOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT and CYTOLOGY LABORATORY have since been absorbed by the TATA Hospital, as essential basic departments.
     

  • Numerous CANCER DETECTION CENTERS including a Mobile Detection Unit have been established by us in Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta and other parts of our country since 1960, which also serve as advisory units for Cancer Prevention.
     

  • Five POPULATION-BASE CANCER REGISTRIES were established by us to cover the whole of Maharashtra state, in 1963, at Bombay, Poona, Aurangabad and Nagpur and in 1984 at Sholapur. They have proved of great help to our Government and the World Health Organization, to assess the incidence and mortality of cancer in India.
     

  • A PROFESSIONAL CANCER JOURNAL, the only one of its kind in the country is being published by us since 1963. We have also published a Hand Book for doctors, on the Diagnosis and Management of Cancer, through Longmans, the International publishers.
     

  • The ASIAN FEDERATION OF CANCER was established in 1971 with our Society as one of the founder members.
     

  • The INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF ONCOLOGISTS (the first professional Society of Indian Cancer specialists) was established in 1977.
     

  • We are members of the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL EXPERT COMMITTEE on Cancer, and represent India in the GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the INTERNATIONAL CANCER UNION (Both based in Geneva).
     

  • We have sponsored three PATIENT-ORIENTED NATIONAL ORGANIzATIONS in our country - THE OSTOMY ASSOCIATION OF INDIA, THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF LARYNGECTOMEES and THE REACH FOR RECOVERY PROGRAMME (for women who have undergone breast surgery for cancer).
     

  • Food and monetary aid are offered to poor cancer patients daily (worth nearly Rs. 6 lakhs per year)
     

  • OUR prestigious LADY RATAN TATA MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE the Clinical Research Wing of our Society – has a full complement of THE LATEST DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT FACILITIES (the first of its kind in our country).
     

  • An Innovative CANCER RISK INSURANCE SCHEME was introduced in July 1985, whereby for a paltry Rs.17/- per month a member of our society and his/her spouse, can obtain Rs.50,000/- going up to Rs.75,000/- to cover the cost of Diagnosis and Treatment, if they were to suffer from cancer at any time. Only one other country in the World offers a similar Scheme (JAPAN).
     

  • CANCER CONTROL PROGRAMMES were conducted in the four Metropolitan Cities of Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta and Madras Supported by the GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.