Land Marks - MCC
| Year | Landmark |
| 1998 | Formation of Malabar Cancer Centre Society |
| 2001 | Clinical services started |
| 2004 | Started Blood bank services |
| 2005 | 4 Slice CT Scanner and Telecobalt radiotherapy unit |
| 2008 | Administration of MCC was transferred to Health and Family welfare department from Power Department |
| 2009 | Bed strength increased from 40-100, Home care services were started |
| 2009 | Limb salvage surgery, second operation theatre, nurse’s hostel, Pain free hospital. |
| 2009 | Dormitory for Patients- MPLAD of Smt. Sathi Devi MP |
| 2010 | Dual energy linear accelerator with VMAT, Hematology services, Hospital based cancer registry, Community oncology department, Doctor’s quarters, BSc Medical Radiology |
| 2011 | Regular Pathology services, upgraded biochemistry lab. |
| 2011 | High end Dual energy linear accelerator with VMAT installed |
| 2012 | Started Department Library system |
| 2012 | Cryostat installed and Frozen section studies started |
| 2013 | Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit was established |
| 2013 | First Autologous Hemopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation was performed |
| 2013 | First Allogenic Hemopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation was performed |
| 2014 | Pediatric bone marrow transplantation, Population based cancer registry including Kannur, Kasargode and Mahe districts |
| 2014 | RFID System with CCTV Surveillance camera Implemented in Medical library |
| 2014 | Digital X-Ray machine |
| 2014 | 1.5 Tesla MRI |
| 2014 | 4D CT scanner |
| 2014 | ETO sterilizer |
| 2015 | First Pediatric Hemopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation was performed |
| 2015 | Second Linear accelerator with FFF technology- first of the kind in Government sector |
| 2015 | Blood Irradiator |
| 2016 | Biometric Punching system started |
| 2016 | Started various fellowship programs including ‘Fellowship in Hemato-oncology and Bone marrow Transplantation ‘training programme. |
| 2017 | First Matched Unrelated Donor (MUD) allogenic Hemopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation |
| 2017 | Cancer genetics laboratory with Next Generation Sequencer(NGS) was established |
| 2017 | BMT unit shifted to new block (4 bedded state of the art units) |
| 2017 | Separate pediatric oncology division started |
| 2017 | Parent orientation programme in Pediatric oncology introduced |
| 2017 | Mutation Analysis for various cancers |
| 2018 | Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (FISH) |
| 2018 | State of art Proteomics laboratory is established |
| 2018 | Started immunotherapy in solid tumors, Population Based Cancer Registry is expanded to Kozhikode, Wayanad, Malappuram, Thrissur, and Palakkad |
| 2018 | Conventional radiotherapy simulator –Imagin (Panacea) was installed |
| 2018 | Hyperthermic Intraperitoneral Chemotherapy (HIPEC) was started |
| 2019 | First Pediatric Matched Unrelated Donor (MUD) allogenic Hemopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation |
| 2019 | Intervention radiology started |
| 2019 | New Cobalt Radio therapy machine installed to replace the old one |
| 2020 | NABH accreditation |
| 2020 | Started E-office software and E- Sanjivani online OPD |
| 2020 | Brachytherapy: New brachytherapy machine was installed 2020. Flexitron (Elekta-Nucleotron) |
| 2020 | 64 Slice fluoro-CT scan was installed |
| 2020 | Paediatric Haemato-ocology Block Inaugurated |
| 2020 | Portable Digital Xray unit |
| 2021 | Stated Nuclear medicine department-PET CT scan, SPECT CT |
| 2022 | Started DOTA Therapy, PSMA Therapy 2022 |
| 2022 | Upgraded to Postgraduate Institute of Oncology Sciences & Research |
| 2022 | Ocular oncology division was started, first retinal artery intraarterial chemotherapy was performed |
| 2022 | Endoscopic Ultrasonography unit/EBUS/EUS installed and started functioning |
| 2023 | Surgical Operating Microscope |
| 2023 | 3D laparoscopy system installed |
| 2023 | Dexa Scan2023 Retcam for ocular oncology |
| 2023 | Second Cryostat machine |
| 2023 | NABL Accreditation for all labs of MCC |
| 2023 | Started Total Body Irradiation for Bone marrow transplantation |
| 2024 | Plaque brachytherapy stated for the first time in Kerala for eye cancers |
| 2024 | NABH Re-accreditation |
| 2024 | Robotic Surgical Systems |
| 2024 | NABH Digital Health Standards- Silver level accreditation |
| 2024 | CAR-T Cell Therapy procedure |
| 2025 | New Treatment and Academic Block Inaugurated |
| 2025 | Malabar Cancer Centre Innovation Incubation Nest (MIINT) for Start-Ups |
| 2025 | Renovated Labs, Blood bank, Pharmacy and Operation Theaters |
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