Presentation of the Centre
The Turku University Hospital Cancer Centre is a joint effort between the University of Turku and the university hospital as well as the central hospitals of Pori and Vaasa covering the west coast of Finland. It aims to provide the population with high-quality and efficient cancer treatment based on excellent research and teaching. Our operating environment includes a) prevention of cancer and diagnostics, b) treatment, follow-up, rehabilitation as well as palliative care, c) cancer research, d) teaching and training, and e) the coordination of communications.
Main Research Activities
At the centre we perform clinical trials from phase I to III. and the translational and basic cancer research as well as health science research and effectiveness of the health care services are its strong focuses. The research activities include basic cancer signalling and cell receptor studies as well as a strong focus on cancer imaging and PET diagnostics with over 400 cancer researchers.
Core Facilities
The centre includes all departments of cancer surgery, haematology with allogenic stem cell centre, medical oncology (taking care of 7000 patients / yr), radiation therapy with 10 linacs (5 in university hospital and 5 linacs in central hospitals), CTs and MRI for planning and performing 30 000 treatments / year. The centre has access to isotope medicine and PET centre with close to 20 tracers. All cancer samples are stored at our Auria biobank. Our basic and translational research has access e.g. to animal facilities, NGS sequencing, proteomics unit.
Education
The centre functions as the main university teaching hospital for surgeons, oncologists, physicists and nurses for the west coast of Finland.