2016 - Cancer Institute (WIA) Foundation

Add CIF Frame to FB Profile

Support Cancer Institute Foundation by updating your Facebook profile pictures with an overlay image as shown in this picture.

It takes just a few minutes. Here are the quick 5-step instructions to update your Facebook profile. You can add the frame to your profile picture either using Facebook mobile app or your laptop from Facebook.com website.

Thank you for for promoting the cause.

Select your Facebook profile.
Select “Edit” your profile picture
Select “Add Frame”
Search for “Cancer Institute Foundation”
Scroll through frame options presented and select CIF frame as show in the picture.

Voila! You are done!

Please share this with your friends and request them to update their profile pictures also.

Dr. Shanta Interviews by “News 7 Tamil”

December 23, 2016

With apologies to those who do not speak Tamil, here is a collection of interviews of Dr. V. Shanta by Tamil TV channel “News 7 Tamil“. These interviews are in Tamil. We are proud to share these videos with you. We thank News 7 Tamil for these useful and informative videos.

Dr. Shanta discusses in depth the history of how Chennai Adyar Cancer Institute came to be, challenges then and now, what is cancer, how it is preventable, various treatment options, progression of cancer treatment advances, root causes of cancer and whether it is curable or not etc. She also highlights how Cancer Institute has pioneered in cancer prevention efforts, research and higher education via its own College of Oncology Sciences.

Happy New Year 2017!

January 1, 2017

Sunnyvale Hindu Temple
450 Persian Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089 [ ]

Happy New Year to all our donors and volunteers! May this new year bring you happiness, health and prosperity!

On January 1st Cancer Institute Foundation volunteers served free coffee throughout the day to the devotees of Sunnyvale Hindu Temple.

Please check out the photo album.

We look forward to your continued support in the new year also. With your support we are making a difference in the lives of hundreds of cancer patients by making quality cancer treatment available to them which otherwise they cannot afford. Thank you!

Saaral 2016

Saturday Dec 17, 2016 at 5:00 PM

Anthony Soto Theater

701 Vine Street

San Jose, CA 95110 [ ]

Cancer Institute Foundation conducted its annual grand Tamil light music event Saaral. CIF is partnering with Bay Area Tamil Manram to stage this event. The show was presented by Bay Area’s popular music troupe VDAZE. Special guest for the show was Shri. Madurai G.S Mani. He worked closely with music director M.S. Viswanathan for 15 years. He is also a well respected musician in carnatic music circle.

CIF jointly with Bharathi Tamil Sangam hosted a breakfast with GS Mani on Sunday Dec 18, 2016.

Cancer Institute Expansion in Progress

November 19, 2016

Construction of a new state of the art Operation Theater is in progress in Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai. Once completed it will help in a big way and reduce the wait time of the patients. Construction is expected to be completed in March/April 2017 and become operational in June/July 2017.

A new Walk-in Chemo Therapy Center is also in the works. It will help serve large number of patients who can get chemo therapy and go home in about 2 hours. Chemo therapy center is expected to be ready in February/March 2017.

These two projects are a huge milestone in the history of CIF. We thank all the volunteers, donors, sponsors, partner organizations and well wishers for your continued support of CIF. We are proud to share these pictures with you.