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Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital)
Vietnam's national cancer hospital and institute, the country's largest cancer facility and the coordinator of its cancer registry and control programme.
Also called: K HospitalBệnh viện KNational Cancer Institute of Vietnam
Overview
K Hospital, formally the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital, was founded in Hanoi in 1969 on the site of the French-era Institut du Radium de l'Indochine (1923) and is the top-level cancer hospital of Vietnam's Ministry of Health, with three campuses including the large Tan Trieu site. It houses the National Cancer Institute of Vietnam, coordinates the Hanoi and national cancer registries and the national cancer control programme, and delivers the country's largest volumes of surgical, medical and radiation oncology, nuclear medicine and paediatric oncology. K Hospital is increasingly active in international trials in lung, gastric, liver and nasopharyngeal cancer and in partnerships to expand radiotherapy and palliative care across Vietnam.
Location
Hanoi, VN
Type
cancer center
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#285 · 24 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 24 from 12 linked objects) · ranking
- National Cancer Institute of Vietnam
- Cancer registry and control
- Radiation oncology
- Nasopharyngeal and liver cancer
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