Mr. Rajesh Dikshit
Professor, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India
Dr Les Mery
Hub officer, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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The Mumbai Hub was inaugurated as the first IARC Regional Hub for Cancer Registration within the GICR programme in October 2012. Based at the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in Mumbai, India, the Hub aims to build capacity for cancer registration in low- and middle-income countries within East, South-East, and South Asia. The Hub is supported by IARC GICR Collaborating Centres in China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand.
Coverage
The Mumbai Hub provides support to cancer registries across the 25 countries in East Asia (China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and Republic of Korea); South-East Asia (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam); and South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka).
Anupong Sirirungreung
Phramongkutklao College of Medicine Thailand
Atul Budukh
Tata Memorial Centre India
Chalongpon Santong
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Hiromi Sugiyama
Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Japan
Hyunjoo Kong
Central Cancer Registry, Republic of Korea
Kayo Nakata
Osaka International Cancer Institute, Japan
Kazem Zendehdel
Deputy of Research, Cancer Research Center, Cancer Institute of Iran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Krittika Suwanrungruang
Cancer Unit, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Kumiko Saika
National Cancer Center, Div. of Int'l Health Policy Res./ Saku Central Hospital, Japan
Kyu-Won Jung
Central Cancer Registry, Republic of Korea
Rama Ranganathan
Cancer Institute (WIA), India
Rongshou Zheng
National Cancer Center/ Cancer Hospital, China
Sampath Pitchaimuthu
Cancer Inst (W.I.A) Chennai, India
Suleeporn Sangrajrang
Health System Development National Cancer Centre, Thailand
Witoo Klabtawee
Roi-Et Hospital, Thailand
The Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) is a national comprehensive cancer centre. It is the largest cancer hospital in Asia, with more than 40 000 new patient visit annually from all over India and neighbouring countries. On average, 1500 patients visit every day, and every year, about 25 000 new cancer patients are registered with the hospital.
TMC has a long-standing history as a recognized training centre. TMC also serves as a postgraduate teaching centre, affiliated with the Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) (deemed university), which offers postgraduate degrees.
Cancer registry activities at TMC have been active through collaborations with local, national, and international partners for more than 50 years.
With dedicated staff, facilities available to the Hub include lecture halls, office space for extended visits, and large computer labs for use in practical assignments.
