# Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre

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## TL;DR

The Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute in Delhi opened in 1996 as a charitable hospital and is North India's largest private not-for-profit cancer centre; it was among the first Indian centres to offer robotic cancer surgery, in-house next-generation sequencing and a large bone marrow transplant unit.

## Summary

The Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre opened in Rohini, Delhi, in 1996 as a charitable cancer hospital and has become one of the largest dedicated cancer centres in India, with a second campus at Niti Bagh. It was among the first Indian centres to offer robotic cancer surgery, a large bone marrow transplant unit, in-house next-generation sequencing and molecular diagnostics, and modern radiotherapy including tomotherapy and stereotactic techniques. RGCI runs a DNB training programme, a tumour registry and a research wing, and participates in Indian and international multicentre trials in breast, head and neck, lung and haematological cancers.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: RGCIRC; RGCI
- City: New Delhi, IN
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.rgcirc.org

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Cancer_Institute_and_Research_Centre
- RGCIRC: https://www.rgcirc.org

## Connected records

- cancers: [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/), [Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/dlbcl/), [Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/), [HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/), [Non-small-cell lung cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/)
- fronts: [Radiation Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/), [Surgery & Interventional](https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/)
- technologies: [Comprehensive genomic profiling](https://onco.cc/technologies/cgp/), [IMRT / IGRT (modern external beam)](https://onco.cc/technologies/imrt-igrt/), [Robotic & minimally invasive surgery](https://onco.cc/technologies/robotic-surgery/), [SBRT / SABR (stereotactic radiotherapy)](https://onco.cc/technologies/sbrt/)
- people: [Dharmendra Singh Gangwar](https://onco.cc/people/dharmendra-singh-gangwar/)

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