# Regional Cancer Centre, JIPMER

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## TL;DR

The cancer centre of JIPMER, the national medical institute in Puducherry, seeing about 3,000 new cancer patients a year.

## Summary

JIPMER's department of radiation oncology (formerly radiotherapy) has treated cancer patients since 1964 and was accorded Regional Cancer Centre status in 2002. A department of medical oncology followed after JIPMER became autonomous in 2008, the year a new 82-bed RCC building and day-care centre was commissioned.

The centre's page states that it sees about 3,000 new cancer patients and around 40,000 follow-up visits a year, and that it is expanding to bring surgical oncology and nuclear medicine under one roof, with palliative and preventive oncology to follow.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Regional Cancer Society; RCC JIPMER; JIPMER Regional Cancer Centre
- City: Puducherry, IN
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://jipmer.edu.in/department/regional-cancer-center/general-info

## Sources

- RCC JIPMER: general information: https://jipmer.edu.in/department/regional-cancer-center/general-info
- National Cancer Grid: member list: https://www.ncgindia.org/hospitals-and-institutions/members

## Connected records

- fronts: [Chemotherapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/chemotherapy/), [Radiation Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/)
- institutions: [National Cancer Grid of India](https://onco.cc/institutions/national-cancer-grid/)

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