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Institut Salah Azaïez
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.
Also called: ISA TunisInstitut Salah Azaiz
Overview
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.
Location
Tunis, TN
Type
cancer center · Université de Tunis El Manar
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#302 · 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 Institut Salah-Azaïz, including child institutions. 101 works · 116 citations · 57% open access · 1% clinical trials · 0% reviews.
Oncology works per year
242022
172023
202024
312025
92026
Most works
- Ghada Sahraoui18 works
- Lamia Charfi14 works
- Yosr Zenzri14 works
- Karima Mrad12 works
- Hayet Douik11 works
- Amel Mézlini11 works
- Hajer Ben Mansour11 works
- Inès Zemni10 works
- Yoldez Houcine9 works
- Raoudha Doghri9 works
Most cited
- National cancer institute
- Tunis cancer registry
- Breast cancer and nasopharyngeal carcinoma research
- Francophone Africa training
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