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National Institute of Oncology, Hungary
Hungary's national cancer institute, home to the national cancer registry and a leading breast brachytherapy programme.
Also called: Országos Onkológiai IntézetOOINational Tumour Biology Laboratory
Overview
The National Institute of Oncology in Budapest, founded in 1936, is Hungary's national cancer hospital and research institute and the seat of the Hungarian National Cancer Registry. Under Csaba Polgár, a radiation oncologist known for accelerated partial breast irradiation and the GEC-ESTRO breast brachytherapy trials, the institute coordinates the national cancer control programme and the National Tumour Biology Laboratory. It provides surgical, medical and radiation oncology, haematology, nuclear medicine and pathology for the whole country, hosts a molecular tumour board and an increasing number of international trials, and is OECI-accredited. It collaborates closely with Semmelweis University and the Central and Eastern European oncology groups.
Location
Budapest, HU
Type
cancer center · Semmelweis Egyetem
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#274 · 24 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 24 from 12 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-16.
Matched to National Institute of Oncology, including child institutions. 378 works · 3,070 citations · 80% open access · 17% clinical trials · 2% reviews.
Oncology works per year
542022
572023
682024
1082025
912026
Most works
- Piotr Rutkowski26 works
- Balázs Döme24 works
- István Kenessey20 works
- Zsolt Megyesfalvi19 works
- Kristiina Boettiger16 works
- Karin Schelch14 works
- Clemens Aigner13 works
- Mirosława Püsküllüoğlu12 works
- András Wéber12 works
- Christian Lang11 works
Most cited
- National cancer registry
- Breast brachytherapy (GEC-ESTRO)
- National Tumour Biology Laboratory
- Molecular tumour board
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