# Calmette Hospital, Phnom Penh

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## TL;DR

A national hospital in Phnom Penh with a national cancer centre and radiotherapy, including internal radiotherapy (brachytherapy). It also trains health workers and does research.

## Summary

Calmette Hospital describes itself on its own site as a national hospital with three missions: quality of care, training of health professionals, and research. IAEA DIRAC lists it as a radiotherapy centre at 3 Preah Monivong Boulevard with one linear accelerator and one brachytherapy unit (entry updated 2020). Researchers at its National Cancer Center, Department of Pathology and Department of Gynaecology studied 50 cervical cancer biopsies from April 2019 to March 2020 and found HPV 16 or 18 in 83.3% (BMC Women's Health, 2025). UICC lists the hospital as an Associate Member working on awareness of cervical and breast cancer screening. A 2026 geospatial study found Cambodia's radiotherapy facilities concentrated in Phnom Penh, with 37% of the population within two hours' drive. Coordinates are from Wikidata.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Hôpital Calmette; National Calmette Hospital; National Cancer Center, Calmette Hospital; មន្ទីរពេទ្យកាល់ម៉ែត
- City: Phnom Penh, KH
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.calmette.gov.kh

## Sources

- Calmette Hospital: about: https://www.calmette.gov.kh/about
- IAEA DIRAC: radiotherapy centres and equipment (read 11 November 2026): https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight
- UICC member page: Calmette Hospital: https://www.uicc.org/membership/calmette-hospital
- Gardner et al., HPV among patients with cervical cancer in Cambodia (BMC Womens Health 2025): https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03954-2
- Leow et al., radiation therapy accessibility in Cambodia and Mongolia (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2026): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.03.013

## Connected records

- cancers: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/), [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/)
- institutions: [International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope](https://onco.cc/institutions/iaea/), [Orange Cancer Clinic, Phnom Penh](https://onco.cc/institutions/orange-cancer-clinic-phnom-penh/)

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