The predecessor of the National Institute of Oncology (Országos Onkológiai Intézet) has been founded under the name of Loránd Eötvös Radium Institute in 1936 as a comprehensive cancer centre. After the WWII the Institute was relocated its current place and has been nominated as the National Institute of Oncology. The institute now is a large comprehensive cancer centre with about 12000 new registered patients per year, comprising of 15 clinical/diagnostic and 7 research departments. Its clinical activities extend to prevention, screening, early detection, diagnostics, treatment and rehabilitation/palliation of cancer patients. Its research centre is active in nearly all filed of translational cancer research.
According to its founding document the institute is the professional background Institution of the Ministry of Health and responsible for the postgraduate education of oncology and radiotherapy, developments and implementation of the National Cancer Control Plan, development of the national guidelines on oncology, running the National Cancer Registry.
Hungarian name: Országos Onkológiai Intézet Parent institute: Ministry of Health (EUM), more
Address: Ráth György u. 7-9
1122 Budapest Hungary
Tel.: +36-(0)1-224 86 00
Fax: +36-(0)1-224 86 20
Type: Scientific
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