CFI Cancer Screening & Prevention Centre

(FREE cancer screening services to the underserved population).

It is a proven fact that most Cancers are preventable, treatable and curable if detected early enough. This is what drives CFI to keep saving valuable lives by treating pre-cancers and diagnosing early cancers as their treatment is not expensive with survival rate being very high. For over 15 years CFI has conducted mobile cancer screening clinics where over 9,000 underprivileged women have been successfully screened.

This Centre is a public health initiative of Cancer Foundation of India (CFI) and first such specialised community clinic in Kolkata that reaches out to people with services for diagnosis of major cancers. It started in Kolkata in 2016 with a weekly clinic for early detection of Oral, Breast and Cervical cancer by internationally trained clinicians. Here Oral Visual Exam (OVE), Clinical Breast Exam (CBE), and Colposcopy with VIA are offered for free. The Cervical screening unit also offers Pap smear, biopsy with referral of Cryotherapy and LEEP for pre-cancer treatment. The Centre has its own unit of trained social workers for community mobilisation, record keeping and follow up to ensure recall of suspected cases. This clinic follows the World Health Organisation (WHO) protocol aligned with the Govt. of India norms.

Generous donations from Corporates (CSR) and individuals are solicited to keep these specialised services FREE for the underserved population.

Service:

Screening by Specialist Clinician for Cervical cancer, Breast cancer and Oral cancer. Includes Pap smear, Biopsy and Colposcopy with referral for Cryotherapy and LEEP.

Timing:

Every Saturday, 10 am – 2 pm.

Clinic:

32/1 Gariahat Road (South), Kolkata – 700 031 (Dhakuria-Selimpur).

Initiated by funds raised at:

Tata Steel Kolkata 25K Run & Tata Mumbai Marathon.

Supported by funds from generous donors (Corporate & Individual).