This will be a huge improvement for cancer patients who require radiotherapy. No more having to travel to Vietnam, Thailand or Singapore for treatment.

New Cancer Center Set to Open to Fill Gaps in Treatment
June 29, 2017
A major new medical center equipped for comprehensive cancer treatment—including Cambodia’s first bone marrow transplants—is set to open in September, potentially alleviating the need for some patients to travel abroad for treatment.

The $36 million National Cancer Center and Nuclear Medicine will open as part of Calmette Hospital in Phnom Penh, said Eav Sokha, head of the onco-hematology department at the public hospital.

The project was financed by the government, with an additional $1.4 million donated by the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency for medical training, Dr. Sokha said.

“The center will be equipped with treatment for all kinds of cancers, such as modern radiotherapy,” the country’s first bone marrow transplant equipment and cell division equipment, he said.

According to the atomic agency, Cambodia has about 15,000 cases of cancer a year, with about 90 percent of the patients requiring some form of radiotherapy.
However, the country’s sole radiotherapy treatment machine—at the capital’s Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital—has the capacity to treat only 500 people a year, the agency says on its website...
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