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  1. Affiliations
  2. Partnership
  3. Notes
  4. Press Release
  • IAEA Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy ( PACT ) : the IAEA works under the aegis of UN. TMC has long standing relationship with IAEA in the field of Radiation Oncology and Technology. Several project are under taken under this collaboration, the program for action in cancer treatment (PACT program) initiated in 2004 in coordination with WHO, Am Soc., UICC and NCCP. TMC coordinates and promotes infrastructural development through

    DAE.

    Indigenous technology. Under PACT program, TMC and

    DAE

    initiated donation of BHABHATRON _ II
    to Can Tho Oncology Hospital in Vietnam in 2010, and to the General Hospital, Hambanonta in Sri Lanka in 2011 (See Press Releases).
  • International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) : Tata Memorial Centre established a regional Hub for Asian region in collaboration with International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France (IARC) and World Health Organization (WHO). This collaboration between the IARC and the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai aimed at providing training opportunities for cancer registry personnel and building registration capacity in Asia. IARC along with TMH will train the staff of Asian countries for establishing cancer registries through various courses organized at the IARC regional hub at TMH.

    The first course was initiated in 2012 and the key course components included - population-based cancer registration , Survival analysis, CanReg-5 Coding and Classification, Evaluating data quality and completeness, Statistical methods in descriptive epidemiology, Registries and cancer control, Cancer patterns and trends in Asia, Cancer Registries in Asia followed by Workshop with participants discussing local registration problems.

    Located on the 13th floor of the hospital’s Homi Bhabha block, the swank new regional hub has been set up in cooperation with World Health Organisation’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). “With more than Rs50-lakh investment, IARC along with TMH is looking at training the staff of Asian countries for establishing cancer registries through the IARC regional hub at TMH. Three more regional hubs in Turkey, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are in the pipeline,” said Dr Christopher Wild, director, IARC. Despite the fact that the cancer burden in the low- and middle-income countries is the highest, it is alarming that countries like Nepal, Mongolia, Bangladesh and Bhutan do not have a single cancer registry hub to study the data of the disease occurrence. “The regional hub will provide training and support to set up cancer registries in south central, south eastern and east Asian countries which do not have one,” said Dr Rajesh Dikshit, principal investigator, IARC regional hub at TMH. “The regional hub at TMC will be a one-point contact between registries in Asia for establishing quality control in cancer data analysis to match international standards,” he added. With one of the oldest cancer registries running since 1962 at TMH, doctors said the hospital was an apt place to initiate the global initiative for cancer registry development. Doctors at TMH will rope in technical expertise from city-based International Institute of Population Sciences for estimating cancer rates over the next 25 years in population clusters.

  • Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) :

    UICC is a global organization of over 270 member organizations in 80 countries.

    TMC has been full UICC member since 1968. The institute was elected by the UICC,as the"Outstanding UICC Member Organization" for its overall performance and demonstrated excellence in cancer control beyond its borders. The honour was awarded to the Tata Memorial Centre at UICC World Cancer Congress held on July 7, 2006, at Washington, DC. Dr K A Dinshaw, the Director of Tata Memorial Centre, received the award.

  • MD Anderson Cancer center : TMC and University of Texas NMD Anderson Cancer Center Houston USA, two premier inst both estbd. in 1941, signed a sister Institutions agreement on 06 Oct 2003. This was a landmark initiative of Indo- American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH), USA. Click here for more

    This agreement served as a basis of mutually benefitting relationship for collaboration in developing and exchanging clinical, educational preventive and research programs of eradication of cancer.

    A steering committee comprising of members from both institutions function for development of formalized academic and clinical program between the institutions -

    • Physician education and training
    • Clinical services
    • Research collaboration
    • Quality assurance programs
    • Faculty exchange visits
    • Scientific endeavors
    • Nursing and technical support, staff training
    • Other academic program
  • King's College : Partnership with Tata Memorial Centre- King's Health Partners Integrated Cancer Centre, King's College London signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai, on 19 November 2012. The MOU focuses on training fellowships; exchange visits; cancers of the breast, lung, head and neck; clinical trials; cancer policy, economics, epidemiology and public health programmes also engages with the the National Cancer Grid, a partnership of 26 regional cancer centres in India, particularly on major pan-India public policy issues such as healthcare manpower planning and developing systems of affordable cancer care. We are also currently working on a major review of cancer research across India with TMC and other members of the National Cancer Grid. This work is being led by Professor Richard Sullivan, Chair in Cancer Policy and Global Health at King's College London.

Partnership with Tata Memorial Centre

Prof Rajendra Badwe and Prof Arnie Purushotham

King’s College London signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai, on 19 November 2012. The MOU marks the launch of a formal partnership between TMC and King’s Health Partners Integrated Cancer Centre – one of the world’s leading academic centres that combines first class clinical care with groundbreaking research into personalised cancer treatment. Delivering affordable cancer care for an ageing global population is one of the main challenges the collaboration will address.

The partnership with TMC also signals King’s renewed commitment to developing partnerships in India in areas that the College has particular expertise – with cancer at the forefront in the medical sciences, along with neuroscience and mental health. Engagement with India forms a core part of the College’s international strategy – to develop links for research collaboration and encourage the mobility of staff and students.

King’s recently sent a large academic delegation to Mumbai and Delhi, headed by Principal Professor Sir Rick Trainor, to engage with partner organisations and pursue research opportunities in order to accelerate potential impact and beneficial outcomes for society.

The agreement between King’s and TMC will allow the two centres to pursue joint research and development opportunities and exchange of staff and students. The institutions will focus on training fellowships; exchange visits; cancers of the breast, lung, head and neck; clinical trials; cancer policy, economics, epidemiology and public health programmes.

King’s is already a world leader for research into cancer. King’s Health Partners Integrated Cancer Centre has rapidly become a pioneer in a new kind of combined care and research model that promises to accelerate the development of cancer treatments. The Centre is a unique collaboration between the institutions that comprise King’s Health Partners; namely, the hospitals that are linked to King’s College London (Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College and the South London and Maudsley Hospital) and the academic research teams in the university itself.

New technology and advances in genetics and personalised medicine are offering unprecedented targeted therapeutic opportunities for breast, prostate, lung cancer and haemato-oncology (blood diseases). The Centre is now looking to build on its position in all these areas by collaborations worldwide with leading international partners. Research teams at King’s are also keen to collaborate to find ways of more affordable cancer care, as an ageing global population and expensive new drugs and technologies are starting to place a great financial burden on society.

King's College London, has recently forged a partnership with the Tata Memorial Centre to promote research and education activities. Arnie Purushotham, Director of the King's Health Partners Integrated Cancer Centre (ICC) gives more details on the partnership and shares some insights on cancer treatment in India, in conversation with Raelene Kambli

King's College London is one of the top 30 universities in the world (2012/2013 QS international world rankings), the Sunday Times' 'University of the Year 2010/11' and the fourth oldest in England. A research-led university based in the heart of London, it has more than 24,000 students (of whom nearly 10,000 are graduate students) from 150 countries and more than 6,100 employees.

King's has an outstanding reputation for providing world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise for British universities, its 23 departments were ranked in the top quartile of British universities; over half of our academic staff work in departments that are in the top 10 per cent in their field in UK and can thus be classed as world leading. The college is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of nearly £525 million.

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