# Bhutan Cancer Society

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## TL;DR

A Bhutanese charity launched in 2015 that runs cancer awareness and early detection outreach, especially for monks, nuns and rural people, and supports patients and families.

## Summary

The Bhutan Cancer Society is a public benefit organisation registered with the Civil Society Organizations Authority, founded by public health specialist Dechen Wangmo and gynae-oncologist Dr Ugyen Tshomo of the National Referral Hospital and launched on 4 February 2015, according to its own site. UICC's member page (an Associate Member) describes awareness campaigns, prevention and early detection services during advocacy programmes aimed mainly at nuns, monks and rural people, and says that with the Ministry of Health and the National Referral Hospital it established and assists the National Cancer Registry unit. The coordinates are an approximate Thimphu city point.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: BCS
- City: Thimphu, BT
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.bcs.org.bt

## Sources

- Bhutan Cancer Society: https://www.bcs.org.bt
- UICC member page: Bhutan Cancer Society: https://www.uicc.org/membership/bhutan-cancer-society

## Connected records

- institutions: [Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital](https://onco.cc/institutions/jdwnrh-bhutan/), [Population-Based Cancer Registry of Bhutan](https://onco.cc/institutions/bhutan-population-based-cancer-registry/)

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