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Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Ghana's second-largest hospital, in Kumasi, with one of the country's two public radiotherapy centres and an oncology directorate serving the north and middle belt.
Also called: KATH
Overview
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is the tertiary referral hospital for Ghana's Ashanti region and the northern half of the country, and the teaching hospital of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Medicine and Dentistry. Its Oncology Directorate provides radiotherapy, chemotherapy, paediatric oncology and palliative care, and with Korle Bu in Accra it is one of Ghana's two long-standing public radiotherapy centres. The hospital contributes to research on breast cancer in West African women, Burkitt lymphoma and cervical cancer screening, and trains clinical oncologists through the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Location
Kumasi, GH
Type
hospital · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#606 · 4 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 4 from 2 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 Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, including child institutions. 61 works · 488 citations · 69% open access · 2% clinical trials · 2% reviews.
Oncology works per year
192022
112023
72024
172025
72026
Most works
- Kwabena Agbedinu12 works
- Ishmael Kyei11 works
- Ernest Adjei10 works
- Joseph K. Oppong9 works
- Ernest Osei‐Bonsu8 works
- Jessica Bensenhaver7 works
- Lisa A. Newman7 works
- Rachel Martini7 works
- Evelyn Jiagge7 works
- Elliot Koranteng Tannor7 works
Most cited
- Oncology Directorate
- Radiotherapy
- Paediatric oncology