# Population-Based Cancer Registry of Bhutan

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## TL;DR

Bhutan's national cancer registry, set up in 2014 at the national referral hospital. It recorded 5,906 new cancers from 2014 to 2022, with stomach cancer leading in men and cervical cancer in women.

## Summary

The registry was established in Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in 2014 with the support of Bhutan's Ministry of Health and the IARC Regional Hub at Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, which checks its data quality, and covers the whole population of about 0.7 million (International Journal of Cancer, 2026). Trained staff collect cases from hospitals and diagnostic facilities into CanReg5. From 2014 to 2022 it registered 5,906 cancers; age-adjusted incidence was 88.3 per 100,000 in men and 113.2 in women. The leading sites were stomach, oesophagus, liver, lung and rectum in men, and cervix, stomach, breast, lung and thyroid in women. The Bhutan Cancer Society says it helped establish and assists the registry unit. Coordinates are Nominatim's point for the hospital.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Bhutan Cancer Registry; National Cancer Registry, Bhutan
- City: Thimphu, BT
- Type: government

## Sources

- Tshering et al., cancer pattern in Bhutan 2014 to 2022 from the population-based cancer registry (Int J Cancer 2026): https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.70308
- UICC member page: Bhutan Cancer Society: https://www.uicc.org/membership/bhutan-cancer-society

## Connected records

- technologies: [Cancer registries and population surveillance](https://onco.cc/technologies/cancer-registries-surveillance/)
- cancers: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/), [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/), [Gastric & gastro-oesophageal junction cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/gastric/), [Oesophageal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/esophageal/)
- institutions: [Bhutan Cancer Society](https://onco.cc/institutions/bhutan-cancer-society/), [International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC / WHO)](https://onco.cc/institutions/iarc/), [Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital](https://onco.cc/institutions/jdwnrh-bhutan/)

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