Preventive Oncology

The Department of Preventive Oncology at CNCI, Kolkata exists ever since 21st November, 1966 when Cancer Detection Clinic was started in the The Ruplal Nandy Memorial Cancer Centre at Chandernagore, a building donated by Shri Shib Sankar Nandy, son of Ruplal Nandy, the rich Zaminder of that area. Since then this field unit of Chandernagore has been reorganized and developed to conduct regular Cancer Detection Clinics, training workshops for health workers involved in cancer detection at District Hospitals and Primary Health Centers. This peripheral center of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute has been geared up to run regular specialist clinics and to do different diagnostic tests including biopsy so that the patients referred from the villages do not have to travel long distances to get their diagnosis. Cancer specialists from the different Departments of CNCI now regularly hold clinics at the Center and had developed a Rural Cancer Registry and Epidemiological Survey Field Station.

Pioneering Preventative Oncology at Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata

Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata continues to lead the charge in Preventive Oncology, setting new standards in cancer prevention and early detection strategies. Marching towards its mission to reduce the burden of cancer through proactive measures, CNCI started Cervical Cancer Screening since 1998, and about six thousand women are screened annually. In the year 2023, a Mobile Mammography Van (MMU) was added to the Cancer Screening Unit for Screening and early detection of breast cancer cases amongst the rural population. Monthly Cancer Screening Camps are organised by CNCI, Kolkata for the screening of Common Cancer such as Oral Cancer, Cervical Cancer and Breast Cancer.