{"entity":{"id":"mahavir-cancer-sansthan","kind":"institution","name":"Mahavir Cancer Sansthan & Research Centre","aka":["Mahavir Cancer Sansthan","Mahavir Cancer Institute & Research Centre","MCSRC"],"tldr":"A charitable cancer hospital in Patna started by the Mahavir Mandir Trust, which treats children with cancer free up to the age of 18.","summary":"The Mahavir Mandir Trust of Patna started the Mahavir Cancer Sansthan & Research Centre at Phulwari Sharif to give Bihar and Jharkhand a comprehensive cancer centre with all treatment under one roof. The institute is a health unit under the Bihar State Religious Trust Board.\n\nIts website lists medical, radiation and surgical oncology, nuclear medicine with PET scanning, a linear accelerator, a bone marrow transplant unit, a blood bank, preventive and community oncology, research activity linked to ICMR-NCDIR, and a palliative care and hospice campus. Through the Mahavir Mandir, treatment of children with cancer up to 18 years is free, adult patients receive financial help, and patients from outside Bihar are given a special grant, according to the institute's Hindi notice.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"MCSRC: introduction","url":"https://www.mahavircancersansthan.com/Introduction.html"},{"label":"MCSRC home page","url":"https://www.mahavircancersansthan.com/"},{"label":"National Cancer Grid: member list","url":"https://www.ncgindia.org/hospitals-and-institutions/members"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["childhood-cancers"],"sections":[],"technologies":["palliative-care"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["national-cancer-grid"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Patna","country":"IN","lat":25.578,"lng":85.075,"institutionType":"cancer-center","website":"https://www.mahavircancersansthan.com","programs":["Medical, radiation and surgical oncology","Bone marrow transplant unit","Nuclear medicine and PET","Palliative care and hospice","Free treatment for children up to 18"]},"route":"/institutions/mahavir-cancer-sansthan/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"childhood-cancers","kind":"cancer","name":"Childhood cancers (all types)","route":"/cancers/childhood-cancers/"}],"technology":[{"id":"palliative-care","kind":"technology","name":"Early integrated palliative care","route":"/technologies/palliative-care/"}],"institution":[{"id":"national-cancer-grid","kind":"institution","name":"National Cancer Grid of India","route":"/institutions/national-cancer-grid/"}]}}