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Why Cancer Institute(WIA)
Pioneers in cancer care from prevention to palliation since 1954. We have the technology, expertise, and compassionate attitude you can trust, leading to hope and cure.
COMPASSION IN EVERY STEP
Core Care Commitments
Pioneers in cancer care from prevention to palliative support, we have the technology, expertise, and compassionate attitude you can trust, leading to hope and cure.
Medical Advice & Check-Ups
Comprehensive diagnostic screening, routine check-ups, and specialized oncological consultations.
Trusted Medical Treatment
Multi-modality, evidence-based therapy tailored to every individual cancer diagnosis.
Emergency Help Available 24/7
Round-the-clock emergency medical and oncological critical care.
Compassion. Research. A Cancer-Free Tomorrow.
The Cancer Institute (W.I.A), also known as Adyar Cancer Institute, is a public charitable voluntary not-for-profit institution dedicated to the service of cancer patients since 1954. It is a Regional Centre for Cancer Research and Treatment and recognized as the State Cancer Institute, the apex body. We are pioneers in cancer care from prevention to palliation, offering ethical and state-of-the-art multi-modality treatment.
We are proud to be the first comprehensive cancer centre in South India and the second in the entire country.
OUR MISSION
Advancing Care,
Expanding Hope
Our mission is to provide state-of-the-art treatment for all cancer patients irrespective of their social or economic status; to carry out clinical, applied and fundamental research on all aspects of malignancy and its allied diseases including causation, course, prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation; to spread knowledge on all aspects of cancer to medical, paramedical, and general communities; to concentrate on preventive oncology to significantly reduce the incidence of cancer; and to maintain comprehensive hospital-based and population-based tumor registries to further cancer surveillance.
TREATMENT
PREVENTION
FOR A BRIGHTER
TOMORROW
OUR VISION
A World Without
Cancer-Related Suffering
Our vision is that no human being, without any social or economic divide, should undergo suffering because of cancer. Either one should not develop cancer at all through effective prevention, or if cancer develops, with appropriate ethical treatment, should lead the remaining part of life in good quality and normal duration.
LIVES
STRONGER
COMMUNITIES
PEOPLE | SCIENCE | A HEALTHIER TOMORROW
WHY CHOOSE
Why Choose Adyar Cancer Institute?
The Adyar Cancer Institute has been a national pioneer in cancer care from prevention to palliation since 1954. Four foundational reasons define why patients and families choose our care:
Legacy of Leadership & Modern Technology
Over seven decades of pioneering clinical breakthroughs, state-of-the-art radiation therapy, robotic oncology, and advanced molecular diagnostics.
Equitable & Subsidised Care
Care is provided free, subsidised, or paid according to patients’ means, ensuring that no patient is ever denied treatment due to financial constraints.
Ethical & Multi-Modality Care
Every treatment protocol is evidence-based, compassionate, and transparently communicated, establishing deep patient trust and clinical excellence.
Complete Continuum of Oncology
Seamless continuum from early community screening and genetic counselling to curative treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term survivorship support.
ADVANCED DISCOVERY
Cutting Edge Research
The institute conducts a wide spectrum of Phase II to IV clinical trials, both regulatory and investigator-initiated, in single-center and multi-centric settings adhering to the ICMR ethical framework to advance discovery across basic, clinical, and translational oncology.
Clinical Research: Conducting ethical trials for children and adult cancers complying with global regulatory standards.
Molecular Oncology: Advanced genomic profiling, targeted therapy testing, and molecular biomarker identification.
Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC): Rigorous ethical oversight safeguarding patient safety, transparency, and data integrity.
Translational Oncology: Bridging bench-to-bedside discoveries into practice-changing clinical protocols that elevate survival outcomes.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Education and Oncology Training
Cancer Institute (WIA) is a national nursery for oncology specialists. Realizing the vital need for a continuous flow of oncological knowledge, constant updating, and human resource development, the first super-specialty courses for DM in Medical Oncology and MCh in Surgical Oncology in India were introduced here in 1984.
The institute is today the seat of MD (Radiotherapy), BSc, MSc, MPhil, PhD, and recognized fellowship programs across surgical, medical, and allied oncology disciplines. Our alumni lead cancer care worldwide as our foremost ambassadors.
Community Outreach & Patient Support
Wig Making – An Alternative Livelihood for Beedi Rolling (supported by NABARD): As part of our comprehensive outreach and social rehabilitation initiative, the Institute fosters health-conscious alternative livelihoods for women previously engaged in beedi rolling, while simultaneously crafting natural, high-quality wigs and cranial prostheses for patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Women
Livelihoods
Cancer Patients