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Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence
Rwanda's first cancer centre, opened in 2012 in a rural district hospital by Partners In Health and the Rwandan government, proving that complex cancer care can be delivered in low-income settings.
Also called: Butaro HospitalPartners In Health RwandaUniversity of Global Health Equity
Overview
The Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence opened in 2012 at Butaro District Hospital in Rwanda's Northern Province, built by Partners In Health with the Rwanda Ministry of Health and support from Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center and the Jeff Gordon Children's Foundation, as the country's first facility dedicated to cancer care. It provides pathology, chemotherapy, surgery and palliative care to Rwandan and regional patients, with radiotherapy referred to Kigali since the Rwanda Cancer Centre opened there, and it has published outcomes for Wilms tumour, Burkitt and Hodgkin lymphoma, breast and cervical cancer showing that protocol-based treatment with task-shifting and telepathology is feasible in a rural low-income setting. Butaro also hosts the University of Global Health Equity campus and trains oncology nurses and clinicians for East Africa.
Location
Butaro, RW
Type
cancer center
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#253 · 24 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 24 from 12 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-24.
Matched to Butaro Hospital, including child institutions. 5 works · 9 citations · 80% open access · 0% clinical trials · 0% reviews.
Oncology works per year
02022
22023
02024
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32026
Most works
- Déogratias Ruhangaza3 works
- Emmanuel Kayitare2 works
- Fidel Rubagumya2 works
- Vincent Kwizera2 works
- Kenneth Kiiza Rutikanga2 works
- Lawrence N. Shulman1 works
- Jean Claude Mugunga1 works
- Pacifique Mugenzi1 works
- Daniella Rangira1 works
- Esther Gaga1 works
Most cited
| Work | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast cancer molecular diagnostics in Rwanda: a cost-minimization study of immunohistochemistry versus a novel GeneXpert® mRNA expression assay 10.2471/blt.22.288800 · open access | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | 2023 | 9 |
| Impact of Patient Navigation on Time to Treatment Among Patients With GI Cancers at Rwanda Military Referral and Teaching Hospital 10.1200/go-25-00339 · open access | JCO Global Oncology | 2026 | 0 |
| 933 Global Dermatopathology Consultations from Resource-Limited Countries: Diagnostic Patterns and Technical Challenges 10.1016/j.labinv.2025.105222 | Laboratory Investigation | 2026 | 0 |
| Referral Patterns and Delays in the Care of Patients With Breast Complaints in Rwanda: A Cohort Study From a Tertiary Hospital 10.1200/go-25-00345 · open access | JCO Global Oncology | 2026 | 0 |
| Epidemiological characterization of hormonal receptor profiles and associated histopathological characteristics in Rwandan women with breast cancer: a retrospective study | Research Square | 2023 | 0 |
- Rural cancer care delivery
- Paediatric and lymphoma outcomes
- Telepathology and task-shifting
- University of Global Health Equity
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