Presentation of the Centre
The “Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta” Institute of Oncology (IOCN)- established in 1929 under the name of “The Institute for Research and Prevention of Cancer”- is one of the first cancer centres founded in Europe.
Starting with 1965, the Institute went through a period of modernization, initiated by Professor Ion Chiricuta and since August 10th 1990 it bears the name of “Ion Chiricuta” Oncology Institute.
The Institute of Oncology is a comprehensive cancer centre of national public interest, with legal personality, subordinated to the Romanian Ministry of Public Health.
At the same time, the Institute provides preventive, curative and palliative medical services in the oncology field and carries out education and research activities.
The IOCN mission is to contribute to the decrease of cancer effects in Romania. In this respect, we implement projects that deal with patient care, prevention and research, the continuous education of all professionals involved, as well as of the public.
Main Research Activities and Education
The Department of Research, Development and Innovation offers its full support and knowledge to the institute’s staff, clinicians, researchers and students by:
- building an infrastructure supporting research studies, as well as opportunities for partners, cooperating bodies and other Romanian and foreign interested users;
- discovering new research domains in the fight against cancer, starting by understanding the human genome and the genetics of malignant cells and going on up to identifying new diagnostic methods or markers;
- using high performance technologies in order to attain scientific quality for all the studies that are validated and promoted in the Oncology Institute;
- educating professionals in the field of scientific research;
- promoting and supporting a high-quality publication, dedicated to the national and international scientific community;
- regularly evaluating of the scientific research results achieved by the scientific research centres of the Oncology Institute.