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India has been experiencing an increasing burden of cancer, with
almost 2 million new cases every year. Most of these are detected
in the later stages leading to nearly 50% mortality rates. The
problem of high incidence and late detection is aggravated by
various factors like shortage of infrastructure and skilled
manpower to treat the disease. The cancer care facilities are
concentrated mainly in the larger cities causing the patients and
caregivers to travel long distances and incurring high
out-of-pocket expenses.
To address this mounting burden of Cancer and with a vision to
transform Cancer Care in India with a comprehensive cancer care
model, Tata Trusts in 2017, set up Tata Cancer Care Foundation
(TCCF) (formerly Alamelu Charitable Foundation) to implement
the Cancer Care Programme. The primary objective was to address
critical challenges such as poor infrastructure, shortage of medical
experts, and late detection in a phased and systematic manner. The
Cancer Care Programme is anchored on a four-pillar Distributed
Cancer Care Model (DCCM). Its mission is to reduce mortality and
morbidity due to cancer through awareness, prevention and early
detection by providing quality and a ordable care closer to
people’s homes.”
TCCF has been setting-up the development of Cancer Care
facilities as per a step-down approach.