# Ocean Road Cancer Institute

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## TL;DR

Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam has been Tanzania's national cancer institute since 1996 and for two decades was the country's only public cancer treatment facility; its caseload is dominated by cervical cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, breast and oesophageal cancer.

## Summary

Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam occupies the former Ocean Road Hospital, built in 1897 during German colonial rule, and became Tanzania's national cancer institute in 1996. It was for two decades the country's only public cancer treatment facility and remains the national referral centre, providing radiotherapy (cobalt and now linear accelerators and brachytherapy), chemotherapy, palliative care and cervical cancer screening, and hosting the national cancer registry and training with the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. ORCI's caseload is dominated by cervical cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, breast and oesophageal cancer, and it partners on HPV vaccination, screen-and-treat and access-to-medicines programmes for East Africa.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: ORCI
- City: Dar es Salaam, TZ
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.orci.or.tz

## Sources

- Ocean Road Cancer Institute: https://www.orci.or.tz
- MUHAS: https://www.muhas.ac.tz

## Connected records

- technologies: [Brachytherapy](https://onco.cc/technologies/brachytherapy/), [Global oncology and access in low- and middle-income countries](https://onco.cc/technologies/global-oncology-access/), [HPV & HBV vaccination](https://onco.cc/technologies/hpv-vaccine/), [IMRT / IGRT (modern external beam)](https://onco.cc/technologies/imrt-igrt/)
- terms: [WHO Essential Medicines List for cancer](https://onco.cc/terms/who-essential-medicines/)
- cancers: [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/), [Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/head-and-neck/), [HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-hr-positive/), [Oesophageal cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/esophageal/)
- fronts: [Prevention & Risk](https://onco.cc/fronts/prevention/), [Radiation Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/)
- people: [Diwani Msemo](https://onco.cc/people/diwani-msemo/)

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