{"entity":{"id":"cancer-institute-of-guyana","kind":"institution","name":"Cancer Institute of Guyana","aka":["CIG"],"tldr":"A non-profit radiotherapy centre on the grounds of the public hospital in Georgetown, run since 2006 as a partnership with the Ministry of Health. It is the one radiotherapy centre the international directory lists in Guyana.","summary":"The Cancer Institute of Guyana says it is a non-profit organisation operating since 2006 as a project between the Ministry of Health and Global Imaging Services, on the Georgetown Public Hospital compound, with a mission to provide evaluation, radiation treatment at a subsidised cost and follow-up. Its site describes external beam radiotherapy and chemotherapy. IAEA DIRAC lists it at Lamaha Street as the one radiotherapy centre in Guyana, with one linear accelerator, one brachytherapy unit and a CT scanner (entry last updated 2024). Coordinates are DIRAC's.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"Cancer Institute of Guyana: about us","url":"https://cancerinstituteguyana.com/about_us.html"},{"label":"IAEA DIRAC: directory of radiotherapy centres, equipment by operator","url":"https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["gphc-guyana","moh-guyana","iaea"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Georgetown","country":"GY","lat":6.817,"lng":-58.156,"institutionType":"cancer-center","website":"https://cancerinstituteguyana.com","programs":["External beam radiotherapy (one linear accelerator in IAEA DIRAC)","Brachytherapy","Chemotherapy"]},"route":"/institutions/cancer-institute-of-guyana/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"gphc-guyana","kind":"institution","name":"Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation","route":"/institutions/gphc-guyana/"},{"id":"moh-guyana","kind":"institution","name":"Guyana Ministry of Health","route":"/institutions/moh-guyana/"},{"id":"iaea","kind":"institution","name":"International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope","route":"/institutions/iaea/"}]}}