ver three decades of c O hanging lives Annual Report 2012-13 Report Annual Annual Report Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram Centre, Cancer Regional 2012-13 • Established as per Govt. of India letter No. T. 200125/79 of October 1980 as one among 6 such Centres in India. • Registered under Travancore Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act 1955 vide No. 567/81 dated 19.08.1981. • Designated as a Science & Technology Centre in health sector by State Government as per G. O. (Rt) No. 1521/85/11 H & FWD dated 18.11.1985. VISION To emerge as a global leader in cancer control. MISSION • Deliver highest quality cancer care at affordable cost. • Create cancer awareness among public and health professionals. • Generate trained manpower in cancer control. • Organize outreach programmes in cancer control. • Conduct focused cancer research relevant to our society. • Lead cancer control activities in the state. ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 011, KERALA, INDIA. i REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE Thiruvananthapuram - 695 011, Kerala, India. Telephone : +91 471 2442541 Director (Dir) : +91 471 2443128 Fax : +91 471 2447454 E-mail :
[email protected] Website : www.rcctvm.org Published by Director, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram ii CONTENTS Page No. I Director’s Review vi II RCC Profile at a Glance x III Divisions 1. Radiation Oncology 2 2. Surgical Oncology 4 3. Medical Oncology 7 4. Paediatric Oncology 9 5. Pathology 11 6. Imageology 14 7. Nuclear Medicine 16 8. Anaesthesiology 17 9. Radiation Physics 19 10. Clinical Laboratory Services 21 11. Microbiology 24 12. Transfusion Medicine 26 13. Palliative Medicine 28 14.