Regional Cancer Centres (RCCs) are cancer care hospitals and research institutes operating in India under the joint control and funding of the Government of India and the respective state governments. The name 'regional' because each of these institutions cater to a designated region, usually a number of districts in the country. There are presently 62 such centres spanning all the states and union territories of India.[1] This system works under the National Cancer Control Programme which started in 1975 under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India).[2] [3] The scheme originally started with 5 RCCs for 5 designated regions of the nation. Later this number was increased in steps. The Tata Memorial Centre at Mumbai is the oldest and the most comprehensive amongst these centres. Similar to these are the 72 NCI-designated Cancer Centers in the US.
Regional Cancer Centres, presently approved and funded by the central government are:
| Regional Cancer Centre | City | State |
|---|---|---|
| Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Institute | Cuttack | Odisha |
| Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Trust & Research Institute | Bikaner | Rajasthan |
| ACTREC | New Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| AIIMS | Delhi | Delhi |
| Anna Memorial Cancer Res. Institute | Kancheepuram | Tamil Nadu |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences | Bhubaneshwar | Odisha |
| Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Institute | Amrita Lane, Kochi | Kerala |
| Army Medical Corps of Indian Army | New Delhi | Delhi |
| Arunachal State Hospital | Naharlagun | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Aster Medcity | Kochi | Kerala |
| Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Institute & Research Center | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| Cachar Cancer Centre | Silchar | Assam |
| Cancer Hospital & Research Centre | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh |
| Cancer Institute (WIA) | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Cancer Research and Relief Trust | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| Christian Medical College | Vellore | Tamil Nadu |
| Civil Hospital - Agartala | Agartala | Tripura |
| Delhi State Cancer Institutes | New Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. B Borooah Cancer Institute | Guwahati | Assam |
| G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu |
| GBH American Hospital | Udaipur | Rajasthan |
| Government Medical College - Jammu | Jammu | Jammu |
| Government Medical College - Nagpur | Nagpur | Maharashtra |
| Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| HealthCare Global Enterprises- Bangalore | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust | Dehradun | Uttarakhand |
| Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (TMC) | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh |
| Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (TMC) | Sangrur | Punjab |
| Indian Rotary Cancer Institute (AIIMS) | New Delhi | Delhi |
| Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences | Patna | Bihar |
| Indira Gandhi Medical College - RCC | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh |
| Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology | Noida | Uttar Pradesh |
| Jehangir Hospital - Jehangir Clinical Development Centre | Pune | Maharashtra |
| Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital | Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh |
| Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology | Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| Kolhapur Cancer Center | Kolhapur | Maharashtra |
| M P Birla Hospital, Priyamvada Birla Cancer Research Institute | Satna | Madhya Pradesh |
| M S Patel Cancer Centre (Charutar Aroghya Mandal) | Anand | Gujarat |
| Madras Cancer Care Foundation | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Majumdar Shaw Cancer Centre | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| Malabar Cancer Centre | Kannur | Kerala |
| Max Healthcare Inst. Ltd. | New Delhi | Delhi |
| Mizoram State Cancer Institute, Aizawl | Aizwal | Mizoram |
| MNJ Institute of Oncology | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima (NHAK) | Kohima | Nagaland |
| Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| Oncology Padhar Hospital | Betul | Madhya Pradesh |
| Pondicherry cancer Care Society JIPMER | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Pt. B.D. Sharma PG Inst of Med Sci | Rohtak | Haryana |
| R S T Cancer Hospital & Research Centre | Nagpur | Maharashtra |
| R&R Hospital (Armed Forces) | New Delhi | Delhi |
| Regional Cancer Centre | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala |
| Regional Institute of Medical Sciences | Imphal | Manipur |
| Sanchetee hospital | Jodhpur | Rajasthan |
| Sanjay Gandhi PGI of Medical Sciences | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences | Srinagar | Jammu & Kashmir |
| SMS Medical College | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| St. John's NAMS | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| State Cancer Society of Meghalaya | Shillong | Meghalaya |
| Tata Medical Centre | Kolkata | West Bengal |