{"entity":{"id":"mostafa-aziz-sumon","kind":"person","name":"Mostafa Aziz Sumon","aka":[],"tldr":"Radiation oncologist who directs the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh's only tertiary government hospital dedicated to cancer.","summary":"Mostafa Aziz Sumon is Director (In-charge) of the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital (NICRH) at Mohakhali, Dhaka, and a Professor (CC) in its Department of Radiation Oncology. The institute describes itself as the country's only tertiary-level government hospital dedicated to cancer care. In his director's message he emphasises combining advanced technology with compassionate care, and points to the addition of a linear accelerator in the Radiation Oncology Department as a step toward making treatment more accessible to the general public.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Source: NICRH Director page","url":"https://nicrh.gov.bd/administrator/director"}],"tags":["leadership","clinician-scientist","hospital-management"],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["nicrh-dhaka"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":["lancet-oncology"],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"role":"Director (In-charge) and Professor, Radiation Oncology, National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital, Dhaka","institutionId":"nicrh-dhaka","specialisms":["Radiation oncology","Hospital management","Cancer care access"],"profiles":[{"label":"NICRH Director page","url":"https://nicrh.gov.bd/administrator/director"},{"label":"Director's message","url":"https://nicrh.gov.bd/administrator/directors-message"},{"label":"PubMed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Sumon+MA%5BAuthor%5D"}],"papers":[{"title":"Cervical Cancer in Bangladesh","journal":"South Asian Journal of Cancer","year":2023,"doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1764202"},{"title":"Cancer research in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries","journal":"The Lancet Oncology","year":2024,"doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(24)00518-7"},{"title":"Cancer education and training within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries","journal":"The Lancet Oncology","year":2024,"doi":"10.1016/s1470-2045(24)00517-5"}],"orcid":"0000-0001-6472-2713"},"route":"/people/mostafa-aziz-sumon/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"nicrh-dhaka","kind":"institution","name":"National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital","route":"/institutions/nicrh-dhaka/"}],"journal":[{"id":"lancet-oncology","kind":"journal","name":"The Lancet Oncology","route":"/journals/lancet-oncology/"}]}}