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Being diagnosed with cancer is a challenge. Promise us, you'll always remember: you are BRAVER than you believe, STRONGER than you seem, SMARTER than you think, and twice as beautiful as you'd ever imaged.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

About Cancer

Know more about different cancer types

The State of Kuwait has been targeting to eliminate cancer, and it shows in our commitment to enhance cancer care service and comprehensive educational programs to enable our patients & their families to join the fight to end cancer.

Screening Programs

Screening & Early diagnosis

The State of Kuwait stressed the importance of developing awareness on the environmental causes of some cancers, and strategic interventions within national action plans to address the harmful effects on health. Kuwait has successfully implemented the National Program for Early Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer and the early diagnosis program for breast cancer among women.

Our Partners

The Ministry Of Health in the State of Kuwait collaborates with other entities to provide clinical expertise to Kuwait Cancer Control Center (KCCC) and strengthen cancer service delivery at the KCCC. Through this collaboration, KCCC offers our patients an access to the best internationally-certified cancer services, while ensuring continuous improvement of cancer care in Kuwait. We also focus on improving nursing and physician education, health administration and information technology. We continue to expand our experience internationally while developing systems and innovative approaches that would benefit our patients.

For Experts

Doctor's Guide

Doctor's Guide will show all medical oncologists what to look for in a practice, how to provide a high class medical service, and how to integrate the decision support tools into the daily practice.

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أرقام التواصل عن طريق الواتسآب
WhatsApp Numbers
قسم طب الأورام
Medical Oncology

98944785

قسم العلاج الاشعاعي
Radiation Therapy

98943084

قسم أمراض الدم
Hematology Department

55876714

قسم جراحة الأورام
Surgical Oncology

98944807

الصيدلية
Pharmacy

96735242

قسم الأشعة التشخيصية
Radiology Department

98944746

قسم الطب النووي
Nuclear Medicine

98944794

العلاج الطبيعي
Physical Therapy

98945546

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أرقام التواصل عن طريق الواتسآب
WhatsApp Numbers
قسم طب الأورام
Medical Oncology

98944785

قسم العلاج الاشعاعي
Radiation Therapy

98943084

قسم أمراض الدم
Hematology Department

55876714

قسم جراحة الأورام
Surgical Oncology

98944807

الصيدلية
Pharmacy

96735242

قسم الأشعة التشخيصية
Radiology Department

98944746

قسم الطب النووي
Nuclear Medicine

98944794

العلاج الطبيعي
Physical Therapy

98945546

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The KCCC Laboratories Department is made up of six laboratory areas including Histopathology, Flowcytometry, Cytology, Immunohistochemistry, Tumor Biology, and Molecular Biology.
Of all the labs, the histopathology laboratory plays not only a key role in cancer management in the center, but also provides consultation service for patients at peripheral hospitals, maintains the quality assurance criteria by providing true, accurate and precise diagnosis, provides high quality hematological diagnostic to oncology patients, provides a state of art autologous peripheral blood stem cells transplantation, maintains high standard of staff efficiency by regular in-service training, and provides a high standard blood bank, transfusion, flowcytometry, tumor marker and molecular studies for patients of KCCC.

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The KCCC Laboratories Department is made up of six laboratory areas including Histopathology, Flowcytometry, Cytology, Immunohistochemistry, Tumor Biology, and Molecular Biology.
Of all the labs, the histopathology laboratory plays not only a key role in cancer management in the center, but also provides consultation service for patients at peripheral hospitals, maintains the quality assurance criteria by providing true, accurate and precise diagnosis, provides high quality hematological diagnostic to oncology patients, provides a state of art autologous peripheral blood stem cells transplantation, maintains high standard of staff efficiency by regular in-service training, and provides a high standard blood bank, transfusion, flowcytometry, tumor marker and molecular studies for patients of KCCC.

Lab Vision

  • Continue upgrade the service with the state of art of diagnostic skills
  • Provide high quality education and training in oncological pathology to clinical and technical staffs
  • Continue providing autologous peripheral blood stem cells transplantation and processing of the bone marrow collection for the bone marrow transplantation
  • Promote clinically relevant research
  • Possibility of merging and unify the similar laboratory services

The activities of our laboratory includes, not limited to:

  • Preparation of tissue sections to establish a diagnosis.
  • Review of slides of patients referred to the center for treatment either from Kuwait or from other countries
  • Daily frozen sections for KCCC patients provided to hospitals in the Al-Sabah specialized regions and several other hospitals in the country.
  • Consultation of cases from peripheral hospitals and from abroad.
  • Slides from private hospitals.


Slides from private hospitals:

  • Provide a state of art diagnostic services to patients of the Kuwait Cancer Control Center (KCCC)
  • Provide consultation service for patients at peripheral hospitals
  • Maintain the quality assurance criteria by providing true, accurate and precise diagnosis
  • Provide high quality hematological diagnostic to oncology patients admitted under various services in the center.
  • Provide a state of art autologous peripheral blood stem cells transplantation.
  • Maintain high standard of staff efficiency by regular in-service training
  • Provide a high standard blood bank, transfusion, flowcytometry, tumor marker and molecular diagnostic services for patients of KCCC

Contact Us

24849100

Extensions:

Biochemistry: 25309
Hematology Lab: 25302
Pathology: 25312, 25322, 25408
Cytology: 25303
Slide Review: 25408
Tumor Lab: 25309
Virology Lab: 99531198
Virology Lab (H1N1): 69308560

Contact Us

24849100

Extensions

Biochemistry: 25309
Hematology Lab: 25302
Pathology: 25312, 25322, 25408
Cytology: 25303
Slide Review: 25408
Tumor Lab: 25309
Virology Lab: 99531198
Virology Lab (H1N1): 69308560

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