Selvaluxmy Ganesharajah, 62, director of the Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, died in Chennai on the morning of Monday, June 26, 2023.
A radiation oncologist from the Cancer Institute (WIA), she completed her MBBS from the Government Stanley Medical College in 1985, and then completed a DMRT (diploma in medical radiotherapy) and MD (radiation therapy) from the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University in 1992 and 1995 respectively.
Dr. Ganesharajah joined the Cancer Institute as a medical officer in 1987, and worked with V. Shanta, doyen of cancer care and (late) former director of the institute. She was trained in early diagnosis, clinical examination, treatment protocols, management and the prevention of breast and gynaecological malignancies. She also underwent training in brachytherapy in gynaecological malignancies at Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, United Kingdom.
