# Indian Cancer Society

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## TL;DR

India's first voluntary national cancer charity, founded in Mumbai in 1951, which pays for treatment for poor patients, runs screening camps and survivor support, and keeps the Mumbai cancer registry.

## Summary

Indian Cancer Society was established in 1951 by Dr D. J. Jussawalla and Naval Tata as India's first voluntary, non-profit national organisation for cancer awareness, detection, cure and survivorship. It depends on public donations.

Its work spans awareness, early detection through cancer detection centres and mobile camps, a treatment fund for underprivileged patients, accommodation and rehabilitation, survivor support groups (including Ugam, formed by childhood cancer survivors from Tata Memorial Hospital's after-completion-of-therapy clinic), and population-based cancer registries for Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Aurangabad. ICS says its Mumbai registry was the first in India and that it is the only NGO to run a cancer registry. It shares research with doctors through the Indian Journal of Cancer, and has a Delhi branch.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Indian Cancer Society, Mumbai; Indian Cancer Society, Delhi
- City: Mumbai, IN
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.indiancancersociety.org

## Sources

- ICS: profile: https://www.indiancancersociety.org/about-ics/ics-profile.aspx
- Indian Cancer Society home page: https://www.indiancancersociety.org/
- National Cancer Grid: member list: https://www.ncgindia.org/hospitals-and-institutions/members

## Connected records

- fronts: [Early Detection & Screening](https://onco.cc/fronts/early-detection/), [Supportive Care & Survivorship](https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/)
- technologies: [Cancer registries and population surveillance](https://onco.cc/technologies/cancer-registries-surveillance/)
- institutions: [CanKids KidsCan](https://onco.cc/institutions/cankids-kidscan/), [National Cancer Grid of India](https://onco.cc/institutions/national-cancer-grid/), [Tata Memorial Centre](https://onco.cc/institutions/tata-memorial/)
- journals: [Indian journal of cancer](https://onco.cc/journals/indian-journal-of-cancer/)

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