# Centro de Cáncer Emma Romero de Callejas

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## TL;DR

A charity cancer centre in Tegucigalpa with radiotherapy and outpatient chemotherapy, run by the Honduran Association for the Fight Against Cancer.

## Summary

UICC's member page says the Asociación Hondureña de Lucha contra el Cáncer was founded in 1987 as a non-profit institution for cancer prevention and treatment, running education and early detection programmes, housing for patients and support groups, and treating patients at its Centro de Cáncer Emma Romero de Callejas regardless of ability to pay, with radiotherapy and an outpatient chemotherapy clinic. IAEA DIRAC lists the centre in Colonia Lomas del Guijarro with two linear accelerators, one cobalt-60 unit, one brachytherapy unit and a CT scanner (entry last updated 2024). Coordinates are DIRAC's.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Asociación Hondureña de Lucha contra el Cáncer; Emma Romero de Callejas Cancer Centre
- City: Tegucigalpa, HN
- Type: cancer-center

## Sources

- UICC: Asociación Hondureña de Lucha contra el Cáncer (member page): https://www.uicc.org/membership/asociacion-hondurena-de-lucha-contra-el-cancer
- IAEA DIRAC: directory of radiotherapy centres, equipment by operator: https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight

## Connected records

- institutions: [International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope](https://onco.cc/institutions/iaea/), [Secretaría de Salud de Honduras (SESAL)](https://onco.cc/institutions/sesal-honduras/)

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