Malabar Cancer Centre

Malabar Cancer Center (MCC) established at Kodiyeri near Thalassery in Kerala state, South India is an autonomous centre under Government of Kerala. MCC is constituted as a Charitable Society under Department of Power.

This project is envisaged to develop a hospital with all modern facilities for diagnosis and management of cancer patients, and is proposed to be constructed with financial assistance collected from various sources in Canada sponsored by M/s SNC Lavalin Inc., Canada.

As token of constant service January 2001, and the therapeutic service was started from the 1st March 2001. Apart from the diagnostic procedures, the therapeutic services include chemotherapy, surgery and palliative treatment.

A full fledged Blood bank with component separation fecility is available along with the Radiation Oncology and Medical imaging departments which are equipped with the Cobalt tele therapy machine, Brachy therapy machine, Radiotherapy Simulator and Multi Slice CT scanner unit.

The centre once fully completed, is proposed to be one of the best cancer treatment centres in the country, catering at least half of the population of Kerala, particularly in the northern district of the state, and also people of the neighboring areas of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with major departments like Medical Oncology, Radiation, Oncology, Surgical Oncology, and Preventive Oncology. It also includes facilities of Radiotherapy using linear accelerator, facility for Bone marrow transplant, and all cancer-related investigatory facilities every year with an estimated patient visit of 70,000 per year.

See also

• Chemotherapy
• List of Kerala State Government Organizations