Kanti Children’s Hospital (Kanti Baal Aspatal) is a pediatric hospital in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal. The hospital is administered and regulated by the Kanti Children’s Hospital Development Board, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Health, Government of Nepal.
Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital is a cancer hospital located in Bhaktapur, Province No. 3, Nepal run by the Nepal Cancer Relief Society (NCRS). The hospital is supported by the Nepalese Government and Rotary International.
B. P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital (BPKMCH) is the first national cancer center of its kind for the fight against cancer in Nepal. The felt need of the hour was a competent establishment that would be able to fulfill the need of the people of Nepal.
Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital is a premier hospital in Nepal established in year 1982 with a 300 bed facility. At present with 700-bed facility, this hospital is the site of teaching and research activities for Institute of Medicine (IOM).
Nepal Cancer Relief Society (NCRS) is a non-profit community-based nationwide social organization founded in 1982 A.D (2039 B.S) with the aim of fighting against the spread of cancer in Nepal. NCRS works in both cancer prevention and its cure.
Nepal Cancer Hospital and Research Center (NCHRC) Pvt. Ltd. is the first ever effort from the private sector in Nepal, established to provide the highest quality of state-of-the-art treatment and excellent care to the patients and their families from all around the globe.
The Bhaktapur Dibyaswori Leo Club is a part of Lions Clubs International, a network of volunteers who work together to answer the needs that challenge communities around the world.
The Rotary Club of Bhaktapur works to improve public sector development focusing to public health and elementary/non-formal education targeting to rural orphan children, women and disadvantaged population of Nepal as well as human capacity building and leadership development of local areas.
The objective of this study was to establish the pattern of childhood cancers in the Western region of Nepal. We reviewed cases receiving external radiotherapy with both palliative and curative intent between 28th September 2010 and 30th September 2015 at the Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Manipal Teaching Hospital affiliated with Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal.
Children with cancer who complete treatment have a 40% cure rate. Concerted efforts are being made to raise public and professional awareness, reduce diagnostic delays, improve survival, and subsidize drug and travel costs.
Oncology in Nepal is still at its infancy. Even though the developed world has sophisticated technology and an array of the targeted therapies and newer molecules for cancer treatment, Nepal has just initiated its struggle against cancer and is very far away from the recent achievements in the field.