The first two surgeries for cancer patients have been performed at Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre (SQCCCRC) as part of a soft operation in the Operation Theatre unit.

Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Centre celebrated the launch of the Health Information System (HIS) as part of the trial operation of the centre.

The section of Nuclear Medicine at Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center has started using a new machine, the Siemens Biography Vision 600 PET-CT to diagnose cancer patients, which is the first of its kind in the Sultanate and the Middle East.

Set up on an area of 45,000 square metres, the Sultan Qaboos Centre for Cancer Treatment and Research will begin operations on an …