The Kuwait Cancer Control Center or KCCC (
Arabic: مركز الكويت لمكافحة السرطان) is a comprehensive center dedicated to the purpose of providing
Cancer Care across the State of
Kuwait. KCCC has been serving the Kuwaiti cancer population since 1968. With over 600 highly qualified oncology staff, KCCC is a 200-bed hospital complex located in
Shuwaikh. The center is made up of seven buildings, each specialized in a treatment area of cancer:
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Radiotherapy
Radiation therapy or radiotherapy, often abbreviated RT, RTx, or XRT, is a therapy using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer treatment to control or kill malignant cells and normally delivered by a linear accelerator. Radia ...
Building
* Hussain Makki Juma Center for Specialized Surgery
* Faisal Sultan Bin Essa Center for Radiodiagnosis and Radiotherapy
* Sheikha Badriya Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah Center for
Oncology and Stem Cell Transfusion
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Palliative Care Center
* Yacoub Behbehani Laboratory Building & Bone Marrow Transplantation Center
* NBK Pediatric Hospital
References
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*http://wikimapia.org/12460513/KCCC-Kuwait-Cancer-Control-Center
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20130317013716/http://www.aperio.com/sites/default/files/articles/0712_Kuwait.pdf
*http://www.ilshayeb.com/?p=7638
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20131229152936/http://www.bndq8.com/kuwaitcancercontrolcenter/
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Medical and health organizations based in Kuwait
Hospitals in Kuwait
Hospitals established in 1968
1968 establishments in Kuwait