Leadership & Collaborative Impact

The WHO National Health Profile highlights a severe shortage of trained healthcare professionals, particularly cancer-specialised pathologists, in India.

The Tata Cancer Care Foundation established the Centre for Oncopathology (CoP) in Mumbai as a non-profit initiative to address the demand-supply gap in cancer pathology expertise. The foundation also ensures high-quality cancer diagnostic services nationwide.

COP was envisioned and led by the Late Dr Anita Borges, a renowned oncopathologist and former Professor & Head of Surgical Pathology at Tata Memorial Hospital. Her legacy lives on through COP’s work and a dedicated team of specialists, including Dr Sumeet Gujral, Dr Vinita Pant, Dr Shilpa Prabhudesai and Dr Vinita Pandey.

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Dr Anita Borges - A Life That Trained a Generation

Dr Anita Borges was among India’s most respected oncopathologists, widely trusted for her diagnostic clarity in complex cancer cases, and for a rare integrity that became a culture around her. She envisioned and led COP in Mumbai, shaping a standard where quality was never a checkbox, but the most patient-first decision, every single day. She taught the way she practised: with clarity, courage, and a fierce insistence on making things make sense.

Dr Borges served as a former Professor & Head of Surgical Pathology at Tata Memorial Hospital, Former VP (Asia) of the International Academy of Pathology, and served on the NABL Board. She was also Vice Chairperson of the Indian Cancer Society, contributing to the organisation’s mission with leadership and deep commitment to cancer care. Dr Borges passed away on 18 September 2025 while doing what she loved most, teaching. Her legacy lives on in the many doctors she mentored and the standards she set for oncopathology.

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Advancing Care in Cancer Pathology

The Centre for Oncopathology is an NABL Accredited, modern, and well-equipped histopathology and molecular pathology laboratory set up to diagnose, stage and identify targets in cancer. The key offerings include:

Provides fellowships and short-term training programs in oncopathology for technologists and pathologists.
Offers a global virtual platform to connect pathology experts and technologists for collaborative knowledge-sharing.
Focuses on instilling the philosophy of cancer diagnosis and management in surgical pathologists.
Equips trainees with skills to diagnose, stage, and identify therapeutic targets in cancer cases.
Trained professionals emerge as beacons of hope, delivering accurate diagnoses to cancer patients nationwide.
Prioritises care for underserved populations, ensuring equitable access to advanced diagnostic services.

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KEY FEATURES

Fully equipped with IHC, FISH, and Molecular Labs
State-of-the-art technology: Multi-head microscopes, slide scanners, automated systems

Renowned expert pathologists specializing in biopsies, bone and soft tissue tumours, GI and GYN tumours, breast biopsies, lymph node pathology, and bone marrow interpretation