Cancer Care For India

Double Your Impact! We'll match your donation up to $100,000 in total for a net program benefit of $200,000!*

OVERVIEW OF HEALTH CONDITIONS IN INDIA

In India, one in nine people are likely to develop cancer in his/her lifetime. The National Cancer Registry Program in India reported in 2022 that lung and breast cancers were the leading sites of cancer in males and females, respectively. Among the childhood (0-14 yr) cancers, lymphoid leukemia (boys: 29.2% and girls: 24.2%) was the leading site. The incidence of cancer cases is estimated to increase by 12.8 per cent in 2025 as compared to 2020.

Not only does cancer affect the body; it affects mental health, livelihood, family, and much more.

In India, people diagnosed with cancer and their families often need practical and emotional support programs throughout the entire cancer journey: diagnosis, treatment, recovery and remission. For many in India, these programs are unaffordable. 

Cancer often requires relatively expensive, complex, multimodal medical treatment for extended periods, leading to household impoverishment, treatment abandonment, and, too often, poor outcomes, especially if the disease is detected at a later stage or patients cannot adhere to a full regime of treatment.

THE EQUIPMENT WE ARE FUNDRAISING FOR

This fundraising campaign will purchase a state of art LINAC Varian TrueBeam Radiotherapy System for The Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre near Vellore in Tamil Nadu, South India. This  equipment was chosen so that care teams at The Sri Narayani Hospital's Oncology Department can harness transformative technology and expand treatment options for underserved patients.  Additional medical units may include a double-photon energy unit, a brachytherapy afterloader (ideally for high dose-rate brachytherapy), a full range of applicators, a CT simulator, a computerized treatment planning system (TPS), patient immobilization devices, and equipment for beam measurement and quality assurance. 

The total cost for this Varian TrueBeam System is approximately C$ 2,800,000.

This radiotherapy equipment is aimed at treating an average of 1000 patients per year. About 75% of the patients served by Sri Narayani Hospital will be below the poverty threshhold in India and require subsidized treatment plans.  

SUPPORTING THE CANCER JOURNEY

Canadians Sharing Locally and Globally helps ease the burden of critical support for under-served people in India.   With your help, cancer patients and their families are supported with subsidized cancer treatments and much more! These programs are critical in a patient’s cancer journey. Your help is needed to make sure patients continue receiving these vital services.

PROVIDE CRITICAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TODAY

As Indian patients and their families deal with the stress and uncertainty of cancer, you can offer them much-needed resources to keep fighting.

Donate to the  Radiation Therapy for South India - Double The Donation Campaign* Your gift will make a real impact in the lives of hundreds of patients by increasing access to life-changing services.

This equipment will save the lives of countless people in India. 

Our work is not done! We hope for your support to buy this radiology equipment to offer affordable access to cancer treatments and cancer support.

^{*Donations made through Canada Helps will be matched through to Dec 2025 to a total of C$100,000 through new donations for a total program impact of $200,000.}