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Tribune News ServiceNew Delhi, September 8The Post Graduate Institute for Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, had received the best International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Cancer Care Team Award 2019 at Barcelona, Spain, during the World Lung Cancer Conference being held from of September 7 to 11. The PGI received the best lung cancer care award chosen by the world body for Asia and Rest of World region. The institute was rated the overall best in the world regarding cancer care. Prof Behera is the pioneer of lung cancer care in the country who started the programme in the institute way back in 1982. To spread awareness about lung cancer in India, Dr Behera formed the Indian Society for study of lung cancer and is the founder-president of the society..