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Hospital de Oncología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI (IMSS)
The flagship cancer hospital of Mexico's social security institute (IMSS), which treats a large share of the country's insured cancer patients.
Also called: Hospital de Oncología CMN Siglo XXIIMSS Oncology Hospital
Overview
The Hospital de Oncología of the Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI is the principal cancer hospital of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, the social security system covering most formally employed Mexicans and their families. It provides surgical oncology, medical oncology, radiotherapy, haematology, nuclear medicine and palliative care as a national referral centre, trains a large proportion of Mexico's oncologists through IMSS residency programmes, and hosts an oncology research unit within the IMSS Coordinación de Investigación en Salud. Together with the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología it anchors cancer care in Mexico City.
Location
Mexico City, MX
Type
hospital
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#673 · 2 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 2 from 1 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-15.
Matched to Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, including child institutions. 77 works · 235 citations · 87% open access · 3% clinical trials · 1% reviews.
Oncology works per year
192022
162023
162024
152025
112026
Most works
- José Francisco Gallegos‐Hernández6 works
- Laura C. Bonifaz6 works
- Laura Torrecillas-Torres5 works
- Gabriela Sofía Gómez-Macias5 works
- Guadalupe Cervantes-Sánchez4 works
- Ezequiel M. Fuentes‐Pananá4 works
- Jesús Cárdenas-Sánchez4 works
- Fernando Aldaco-Sarvide4 works
- A. Lluch-Hernández4 works
- Víctor M. Pérez-Sánchez4 works
Most cited
- IMSS national referral cancer hospital
- Radiotherapy
- Oncology residency training