The Instituto Nacional de Cancerología de México (INCAN) is a third-level decentralized institution, dependent on the Secretaría de Salud, that offers specialized medical services to oncology patients being at the same time the main center of reference in cancer of Mexico.
The INCAN provides healthcare assistance to patients all over Mexico and the institutional policy has been to provide clinical services with efficiency, quality and closeness, with multidisciplinary perspective in the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and follow-up. In addition to healthcare activities, the INCAN is a medical teaching and research center.