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Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA)
Brazil's national cancer institute, the Ministry of Health body that runs cancer control, registries and screening for the country and treats patients in its Rio hospitals.
Also called: INCAInstituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva
Overview
INCA was created in 1937 and is the Brazilian Ministry of Health's agency for national cancer policy, running the population and hospital cancer registries, cancer incidence estimates, the national tobacco control programme (a global model recognised by WHO), and cervical and breast screening guidelines for the public health system (SUS). It operates several hospital units in Rio de Janeiro providing surgical, medical, radiation and paediatric oncology and bone marrow transplant, hosts a research centre in cancer biology, epidemiology and clinical trials, and coordinates Brazil's national bone marrow donor registry (REDOME), one of the largest in the world. INCA trains oncology specialists nationally and publishes the reference Estimativa reports on Brazil's cancer burden.
Location
Rio de Janeiro, BR
Type
government
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#303 · 22 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 22 from 11 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 Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA, including child institutions. 364 works · 2,172 citations · 75% open access · 9% clinical trials · 2% reviews.
Oncology works per year
772022
942023
602024
672025
662026
Most works
- Anke Bergmann31 works
- Andréia Cristina de Melo30 works
- Luiz Cláudio Santos Thuler23 works
- Lívia Costa de Oliveira16 works
- Suzana Sales de Aguiar14 works
- Luiza Abdo14 works
- Martín Bonamino14 works
- José Bines13 works
- Jessé Lopes da Silva11 works
- Luiz H. Araujo10 works
Most cited
- National cancer control and registries
- Tobacco control
- REDOME bone marrow registry
- Hospital units and research centre
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