Masarykův onkologický ústav (Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute)

Why we've selected Masarykův onkologický ústav (Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute)

Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute (MMCI) in Brno is a specialised comprehensive cancer centre with supraregional activity that is certified by two quality certificates – by Joint Commission International (JCI) and Joint Accreditation Commission of the Czech Republic (SAK ČR). The institute concentrates all essential branches of medicine to ensure complex oncological care, including prevention, epidemiologics, diagnostics, and particular modalities of cancer treatment and physiotherapy. Focusing on research and scientific activities including basic research, the institute is also involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education of doctors and other healthcare professionals, as well as popular science activities aimed at the wider public. Annually, almost 10000 patients are hospitalised in the institute and 200,000 people pass through the ambulatories. On Žlutý kopec, the newest approaches in surgery of tumors are applied in the Werner building, and an up-to-date approach is characteristic also for radiotherapy in the Masaryk building. At the present time, the newest methods in systemic therapy (cytostatics, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy) are used in the institute, which takes part in European and global clinical evaluation to test the efficacy and safety of new drugs, methods or their combinations.