{"entity":{"id":"national-cancer-center-mongolia","kind":"institution","name":"Хавдар Судлалын Үндэсний Төв (National Cancer Center of Mongolia)","aka":["National Cancer Center of Mongolia","NCC Mongolia","ХСҮТ"],"tldr":"Mongolia's state cancer hospital in Ulaanbaatar, founded in 1961, which diagnoses and treats cancer, runs screening and early detection, gives radiotherapy and does cancer research and training.","summary":"The centre's English page says it was established in 1961 by Ministry of Health order 24 as the \"Radiation therapy Hospital\" with 45 beds, moved into a new building in 1982, and grew to 206 beds and 489 employees; it now has 12 units and 18 clinical departments with about 116 oncology doctors and 242 nurses. It describes itself as the state institution responsible for cancer epidemiology surveys, and provides early detection, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, research and training; it lists a 2013 to 2016 subprogramme on screening and early detection of liver cancer. UICC lists it as a Full Member. IAEA DIRAC lists it on Nam Yan Ju street with three linear accelerators, three cobalt-60 units, cobalt-60 brachytherapy and three CT scanners (entry updated 2025), the one radiotherapy centre DIRAC lists for Mongolia; a 2026 geospatial study found 55% of Mongolians within two hours' drive of it, with a first regional facility planned in Khovd. Coordinates are DIRAC's approximate point.","asOf":"2026-11-11","links":[{"label":"National Cancer Center of Mongolia: English page","url":"https://cancer-center.gov.mn/about-us/english/"},{"label":"UICC member page: National Cancer Center of Mongolia","url":"https://www.uicc.org/membership/national-cancer-center-mongolia"},{"label":"IAEA DIRAC: radiotherapy centres and equipment (read 11 November 2026)","url":"https://dirac.iaea.org/Data/CountriesLight"},{"label":"Leow et al., radiation therapy accessibility in Cambodia and Mongolia (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2026)","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2026.03.013"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["hcc"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["national-cancer-council-mongolia","onom-foundation","iaea"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Ulaanbaatar","country":"MN","lat":47.92,"lng":106.91,"institutionType":"cancer-center","website":"https://cancer-center.gov.mn/about-us/english/","programs":["Radiotherapy (three linear accelerators, three cobalt-60 units and brachytherapy in IAEA DIRAC)","Cancer epidemiology and registration","Screening and early detection of liver cancer (2013 to 2016)","Training of oncology specialists"]},"route":"/institutions/national-cancer-center-mongolia/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"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":"national-cancer-council-mongolia","kind":"institution","name":"National Cancer Council of Mongolia","route":"/institutions/national-cancer-council-mongolia/"},{"id":"onom-foundation","kind":"institution","name":"Onom Foundation","route":"/institutions/onom-foundation/"}]}}