WHO Project
Early Cancer Detection Programme (ECDP) in collaboration with WHO
In 1999 IARC Screening group (International agency for cancer research )a wing of WHO was started collaborating with our centre on seeing increased incidence of cervical cancers in this district 41/100000 vs 32/100000 Chennai cancer registry.A randomized control trial was initiated in Dindigul Dt with funding from BILL GATES foundation for detecting premalignant lesion and early cervical cancers among female population of age group 30 -59 using low cost screening techniques VIA VILI which drawn the attention of the researchers globally through the paper published in the LANCET ONCOLOGY 2009 . We could arrange screening for women in about 113 village Panchayaths of Dindigul Dt and initiated treatment for premalignant disease as well as for screen picked cancer cervix free of cost. Presently we are one among the nine centres in INDIA to initiate HPV vaccination in 10-18 age group female children to prevent cancer cervix, in collaboration with IARC.