The King Fahad National Center for Children’s Cancer Research in Riyadh (commonly referred to as the “Children’s Cancer Centre” or “CCC”) at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre is:

• The largest dedicated pediatric cancer and blood disorders program in the Arabian Peninsula.
• The largest pediatric stem cell transplant center in the region (it performed 114 stem cell transplants in 2006 alone).
• The regional referral centre for complicated non-malignant hematological disorders.

The Children’s Cancer Centre consists of two inpatient care wards (Ward A has 16 beds and Ward B has 20 beds), an outpatient clinic, a drop-in clinic, and a four-bed pediatric oncology ICU. It receives between 350 and 450 new cases annually, and patients range in age from newborn to 13 years.

The Outpatient Clinic is divided into four areas: assessment, physician clinics (22 clinics are held weekly), treatment, and phlebotomy (for children who require peripheral blood draws).

The most commonly treated problems include:

• newly diagnosed acute leukemias requiring induction therapies
• neoplastic disease and the complications of treatment
• benign hematological conditions
• coagulation disorders
• pre- and post-bone marrow transplant care
• immune deficiency syndromes
• metabolic disease

Hours of operation are:
Saturday to Tuesday: 8:00am to 5:30pm
Wednesday: 8:00 to 4:30pm

In 2006, it received more than 109,000 patient visits and administered more than 23,500 outpatient chemotherapy doses.