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In a landmark collaboration that bridges visionary science with decades of clinical excellence, SunAct Cancer Institute and Smita Memorial Hospital, founded by the Father of Medical Oncology, Dr Suresh H. Advani (Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan), have announced the opening of South India's premier Centre of Excellence in CAR T-Cell Therapy and Bone Marrow Transplantation at Smita Memorial Hospital in Thodupuzha, Idukki district, Kerala.

The newly launched Centre introduces India's first CAR T-cell therapy for solid tumours, a major milestone in global oncology and currently unavailable elsewhere in the country.

In addition to CAR-T, the Centre will offer TCR (T-Cell Receptor) Therapies; TIL (Tumo...