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Vinogradska 29, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
phone 385 1 37 68 301, 385 1 37 87 420, fax: 385 1 37 68 303
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Head:
Zvonko Kusiæ, MD, PhD
professor of nuclear medicine, professor of radiotherapy
E-mail: zvonko.kusic@zg.tel.hr
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Founded: oncology 1954, nuclear medicine 1964 |
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Division for radiotherapy
Division for chemotherapy
Division for thyroid diseases
Division for morphological nuclear medicine diagnostics
Division for general nuclear medicine diagnostics
Division for clinical and experimental laboratory oncology
Division for cellular and molecular oncology
Division for tumour markers and radiobiochemistry
Tumour genetics centre.
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| Number of beds: 23 |
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| Employees: 105 |
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University professors: 5
(2 professors, 3 assistant professors).
D.Sc.: 13
M.Sc.: 4 |
Doctors: 23 (specialists: 7 nuclear medicine, 1
nuclear medicine and radiotherapy, 3 radiotherapists, 1 pathologist and
cytologist; residents: 3 in radiotherapy, 3 in nuclear medicine, 1 in internal
medicine; 4 research juniors).
Employees with academic degree: 12 (2 biologists, 2 medical
biochemists, 3 chemists, 1 molecular biologist, 3 physicists, 1 academic
secretary). |
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| Others: 17 nurses, 33 technicians, 5 administration
employees, 12 maintenance and cleaning staff, 1 porter. |
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This department is a teaching basis of the
University of Zagreb Medical School and School of Dentistry. More than
one thousand oncological patients are addmitted here yearly. The same number
of patients is being treated as outpatients. Annually, more than one thousand
patients are treated with Co-60 radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormonal
therapy. High standard in radiotherapy treatment is achieved by recently
installed Co-60 radiotherapy device, simulator and computer system for
treatment planning.
This is the only department in Croatia today where interstitial brachytherapy
is applied in the treatment of breast cancer, skin, head and neck tumours,
oesophageal tumours and urinary tract cancer. Also the state of the art
HDR brachytherapy remote afterloading unit has been installed for intracavitary
and interstital brachytherapy.
Owing to the international cooperation programmes this is the only medical
department in the Republic of Croatia where recombinant interferons are
used in the immunological treatment of melanoma.
High quality nuclear medicine, ultrasound and cytological diagnostic
procedures enable precise evaluation of all systems of organs in over 30000
examinations per year.
The detection of functional disorders in particular organs is made possible
by the application of radiotracers in diagnostic procedures. Emission tomography
(SPECT), radioimmunoscintigraphy, diagnostics and treatment of neuroendocrine
tumours are among the most recently introduced techniques.
Diagnostics and treatment of thyroid diseases, especially thyroid tumours,
including biochemical, immunogenetic, cytological and radiotracer diagnostics
as well as radioiodine and drug treatment, should be mentioned in particular.
This department is also the Ministry of Health Thyroid Diseases Reference
Centre as well as Goiter Erradication Centre of the Republic of Croatia.
In the Division for clinical and experimental laboratory oncology
comprehensive laboratory procedures are being carried out.These include:
cellular immunity tests in patients with solid tumours and lymphoproliferative
diseases, as well as cytogenetic analysis of kariotype chromosomal constitution
in patients with solid tumours. Approximately 55000 tumour marker, hormonal
receptor, immunocompetency, cytogenetic and molecular genetic analyses
are performed annually.
The Department of Oncology and Nulcear Medicine is a significant counterpart
in the international scientific exchange and cooperation, while the employees
and collaborators are principal investigators in a number of domestic and
international research projects. This activity results in the publication
of a large number of scientific and professional articles appearing
in the most outstanding scientific journals. In many fields of interest
this department holds the same level as similar medical institutions in
the world.
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