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Tygerberg Hospital / Stellenbosch University
Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, opened in 1976, is one of the Western Cape's two central academic hospitals and Stellenbosch University's teaching hospital; it provides public-sector oncology and radiotherapy and leads research in paediatric oncology and HIV-associated cancers.
Also called: Tygerberg Academic Hospital
Overview
Tygerberg Hospital opened in 1976 in Cape Town's northern suburbs and is, with Groote Schuur, one of the two central academic hospitals of the Western Cape provincial health department. It is the teaching hospital of Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and provides medical oncology, radiation oncology, haematology, paediatric oncology and surgical oncology for a large public-sector population. Research strengths include paediatric oncology and the South African Children's Cancer Study Group, breast and cervical cancer in the public sector, HIV-associated malignancies, and nuclear medicine and theranostics.
Location
Cape Town, ZA
Type
hospital · Stellenbosch University
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#648 · 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 2026-09-17.
Matched to Tygerberg Hospital, including child institutions. 48 works · 576 citations · 85% open access · 0% clinical trials · 0% reviews.
Oncology works per year
122022
72023
82024
112025
102026
Most works
- J Schneider7 works
- Johann de Wet6 works
- Anna‐Mart Engelbrecht4 works
- Sharon Čačala3 works
- Judith S. Jacobson3 works
- Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg3 works
- Henriette Burger3 works
- Claudia Christowitz3 works
- Willem I. Visser3 works
- Louis de Jager3 works
Most cited
- Radiation oncology
- Paediatric oncology
- HIV-associated malignancies
- Nuclear medicine