Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram

The clinics are mainly on Haematology, Lymphoreticular, soft tissue, bone, head and neck, breast, CNS, gynaecological, urinary, chest, gastro, paediatric oncology and thyroid.

During the last five years, drugs worth Rs.80 lakhs have been supplied free of cost to the low income group.

The main responsibilities of the department are to develop and implement hospital policy for information and associated computer technology.

It supports and maintains operational systems and provides training to hospital staff in the use of information technology.

The main focus area is on the integration of clinical as well as financial and administrative applications The Cytopathology Division provides investigations in addition to conventional histopathology and cytology.

Pain management and palliative care for advanced and incurable stages of cancer are undertaken by a dedicated unit.

RCC is a training centre for cancer education and research by national and international organizations such as WHO, IAEA and UICC.