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The (Kuwait Cancer Control Center ) or KCCC 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: * Radiotherapy 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 * Palliative Care Center * Yacoub Behbehani Laboratory Building & Bone Marrow Transplantation Center * NBK Pediatric Hospital On average, 139 cancer cases are diagnosed in Kuwait every month. Colorectal, leukemia, lung and prostate cancer are the types of cancer most diagnosed among men in Kuwait. While women in Kuwait are mostly diagnosed with leukemia, breast, colorectal, and thyroid cancer. Cancer rates increase rapidly with age. 55% of Kuwaiti males and 44% of Kuwaiti females who are diagnosed with cancer are over the age of 55. == References == *http://www.kuwaitcancercenter.com/About-KCCC.html *http://wikimapia.org/12460513/KCCC-Kuwait-Cancer-Control-Center *http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15608473 *http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/183809/reftab/68/Default.aspx *http://www.aperio.com/sites/default/files/articles/0712_Kuwait.pdf *http://www.ilshayeb.com/?p=7638 *http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2313755&language=en *http://www.bndq8.com/kuwaitcancercontrolcenter/ 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kuwait Cancer Control Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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