Information about the Pediatric Oncology Department

The Pediatric Oncology Department in the NCI is considered the highest specialized center for treating children with cancer in Egypt. In fact, it benefits from collaboration with the other departments inside the NCI and getting the best benefit from their experiences.

For example the POD is working closely with various departments inside the NCI including:

Radio Diagnosis Department

Surgical Pathology and Tissue culture Department

Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine Department

Statistics and Epidemiology Department

Pain Clinic

Dental Clinic

There are also some other services in the NCI that help in offering a characteristic performance in handling children with cancer, such as:

Early Detection Unit

Evening Clinic: all specialties are represented in this clinic

Social service unit that helps many of the patients and their families to overcome the negative aspects evolving from having a cancer patient among them

Nutritional services offering tailored dietary needs when required

The POD is looking forward for continuing and developing its efforts in handling children with cancer and trying to abolish the bad effect of this disease on the patients and their families.