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Uganda Cancer Institute
East Africa's oldest cancer research institute, founded in 1967 to study Burkitt lymphoma, and now a national cancer centre with a Fred Hutch partnership and Africa's first purpose-built cancer research facility.
Also called: UCIUCI-Fred Hutch Cancer Centre
Overview
The Uganda Cancer Institute was established in 1967 at Mulago Hospital in Kampala by US National Cancer Institute and Makerere University researchers to study Burkitt lymphoma, the tumour first described in Uganda by Denis Burkitt, and early chemotherapy cure of Burkitt lymphoma and combination chemotherapy for Kaposi sarcoma were tested there. Since 2004 it has partnered with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, which built the UCI-Fred Hutch Cancer Centre in 2015, the first comprehensive cancer research and training facility in sub-Saharan Africa built for that purpose, and the institute now runs Uganda's national cancer services, radiotherapy, paediatric oncology, cancer registries and regional cancer centres, and research on infection-related cancers (EBV, KSHV, HPV, HIV), cervical cancer screening and access to essential cancer medicines.
Location
Kampala, UG
Type
cancer center
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#217 · 28 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 28 from 14 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 Uganda Cancer Institute, including child institutions. 102 works · 1,239 citations · 92% open access · 3% clinical trials · 6% reviews.
Oncology works per year
182022
162023
192024
222025
272026
Most works
- Jackson Orem28 works
- Nixon Niyonzima14 works
- Annet Nakaganda14 works
- Solomon Kibudde9 works
- Alfred Jatho8 works
- Simon Kasasa7 works
- Fred Okuku7 works
- Naghib Bogere6 works
- Warren Phipps6 works
- Joyce Kambugu6 works
Most cited
- Burkitt lymphoma and infection-related cancers
- UCI-Fred Hutch Cancer Centre
- National cancer services
- Radiotherapy and regional centres
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