# National Cancer Institute, Misurata

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## TL;DR

A cancer institute in Misurata with surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and children's cancer care. It started the regional cancer registry for central Libya in 2021 and runs a breast cancer early detection pilot.

## Summary

The institute's site lists departments of surgical oncology and endoscopy, medical oncology (chemotherapy and immunotherapy), radiotherapy with linear accelerators, paediatric oncology and diagnostic imaging with PET-CT, MRI and digital mammography. In its UICC directory entry (updated June 2026) it says it contributed to Libya's first national cancer registry report in 2020, started the Midland Cancer Registry in 2021, trained 46 primary care providers in clinical breast examination with a UICC grant, and from September 2025 has run a pilot across five breast clinics that aims to reach 5,000 women. IAEA DIRAC, read on 11 November 2026 with the entry updated in 2023, lists two linear accelerators and a CT scanner. IAEA's technical cooperation sheet for Libya says that by the end of 2023 its support had strengthened 3D conformal radiotherapy at centres in Benghazi, Misrata, Sabratha and Tripoli. The coordinates are an approximate city point.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: NCI Misurata; المعهد القومي لعلاج الأورام مصراتة; National Cancer Institute Misrata
- City: Misurata, LY
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://nci.edu.ly

## Sources

- National Cancer Institute, Misurata: https://nci.edu.ly
- UICC member directory: National Cancer Institute Misurata: https://www.uicc.org/membership/national-cancer-institute-misurata/libya
- IAEA DIRAC: radiotherapy centres and equipment (read 11 November 2026): https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight
- IAEA: technical cooperation with Libya (PDF): https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/02/tc-libya.pdf

## Connected records

- cancers: [Breast cancer (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/), [Childhood cancers (all types)](https://onco.cc/cancers/childhood-cancers/)
- institutions: [International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope](https://onco.cc/institutions/iaea/), [National Cancer Control Program, Libya](https://onco.cc/institutions/nccp-libya/), [National Cancer Institute, Sabratha](https://onco.cc/institutions/nci-sabratha/)

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