# Institut Salah Azaïez

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## TL;DR

The Institut Salah Azaïez in Tunis, founded in 1969, is Tunisia's national cancer institute and one of Africa's oldest; it runs the Tunis cancer registry, a contributor to IARC's Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, and researches breast cancer in young women and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

## Summary

The Institut Salah Azaïez in Tunis was founded in 1969 and named for the Tunisian surgeon who championed cancer care; it is Tunisia's national cancer institute and reference hospital, attached to the Université de Tunis El Manar faculty of medicine, providing surgical, medical and radiation oncology, brachytherapy, nuclear medicine, paediatric oncology and pathology. The institute runs the Tunis population-based cancer registry, one of the longest-running in Africa and a contributor to IARC's Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, and its research addresses breast cancer in young North African women, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and EBV, cervical cancer screening, hereditary cancer, and radiotherapy quality across the Maghreb. It trains oncologists for Tunisia and francophone Africa.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: ISA Tunis; Institut Salah Azaiz
- City: Tunis, TN
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: http://www.institutsalahazaiez.com

## Sources

- Institut Salah Azaïez: http://www.institutsalahazaiez.com

## Connected records

- technologies: [Brachytherapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/brachytherapy/), [Cancer registries and population surveillance](https://onco.cc/technologies/cancer-registries-surveillance/), [Global oncology and access in low- and middle-income countries](https://onco.cc/technologies/global-oncology-access/), [IMRT / IGRT (modern external beam)](https://onco.cc/technologies/imrt-igrt/)
- cancers: [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/), [Colorectal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/), [Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/), [HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/)
- fronts: [Prevention & Risk](https://onco.cc/fronts/prevention/), [Radiation Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/)
- institutions: [International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC / WHO)](https://onco.cc/institutions/iarc/)
- people: [Senda Tounsi](https://onco.cc/people/senda-tounsi/)

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