{"entity":{"id":"national-cancer-center-laos","kind":"institution","name":"National Cancer Center, Lao PDR (Mittaphab Hospital)","aka":["Cancer Center, Mittaphab Hospital","Mittaphab Central Cancer Hospital","Laos Oncology Unit","National Cancer Center Laos"],"tldr":"The cancer unit at Mittaphab Hospital in Vientiane, giving chemotherapy, palliative care and, since 2017, radiotherapy. It keeps a hospital cancer registry going back to 2010.","summary":"UICC's member page for the National Cancer Center Laos (an Associate Member) says the Laos Oncology Unit is part of Mittaphab Central Hospital in Vientiane Capital, with limited facilities and staff, providing chemotherapy and palliative care, with radiotherapy since 2017. IAEA DIRAC lists the Mittaphab Central Cancer Hospital on Phontong-Dongdok road with one linear accelerator and no brachytherapy unit (entry updated 2022). A 2026 analysis of its hospital-based registry (BMC Public Health) counted 1,738 cancers recorded from 2010 to 2024: liver and bile duct cancer was the commonest in men (15.1%) and cervical cancer in women (41.1%); cases were concentrated around Vientiane, and the authors note that Laos has no national population-based registry. The coordinates are an approximate Vientiane city point, as DIRAC's point falls outside the city.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"UICC member page: National Cancer Center Laos","url":"https://www.uicc.org/membership/national-cancer-center-laos"},{"label":"IAEA DIRAC: radiotherapy centres and equipment (read 11 November 2026)","url":"https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight"},{"label":"Vongdala et al., cancer cases in the national hospital-based registry of Lao PDR, 2010 to 2024 (BMC Public Health 2026)","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-27554-3"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["cervical","hcc","breast-cancer"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["lao-food-and-drug-department","iaea"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Vientiane","country":"LA","lat":17.964,"lng":102.613,"institutionType":"cancer-center","programs":["Chemotherapy","Palliative care","Radiotherapy since 2017 (one linear accelerator in IAEA DIRAC)","Hospital-based cancer registry (2010 onwards)"]},"route":"/institutions/national-cancer-center-laos/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"breast-cancer","kind":"cancer","name":"Breast cancer (all types)","route":"/cancers/breast-cancer/"},{"id":"cervical","kind":"cancer","name":"Cervical cancer","route":"/cancers/cervical/"},{"id":"hcc","kind":"cancer","name":"Hepatocellular carcinoma","route":"/cancers/hcc/"}],"institution":[{"id":"iaea","kind":"institution","name":"International Atomic Energy Agency: Rays of Hope","route":"/institutions/iaea/"},{"id":"lao-food-and-drug-department","kind":"institution","name":"ກົມອາຫານ ແລະ ຢາ (Food and Drug Department, Ministry of Health, Lao PDR)","route":"/institutions/lao-food-and-drug-department/"}]}}