Centre Hospital of South-Pest

The Centre Hospital of South-Pest (DPC) is a university teaching hospital in Budapest and it is also the National Institute of Hematology and Infectology. DPC has over 1200 active inpatient beds and covers nearly all medical disciplines being one of the largest hospital centres in the country. The oncology, hematology, pediatric hematology and stem cell transplantation departments are at the same site .The oncology department has an inpatient unit with 38 beds, an outpatient unit with 20 outpatient-beds and a hospice with 15 beds. There are 25 000 case yearly treated in the department by 10 medical oncologists, 2 clinical psychologists and 30 nurses . All kind of solid tumors are treated in the department but the main research focus are GI, GU, breast, lung and gynecology malignancies.  The vast majority of innovative medicines are available routinly and additionally there are currently 20 clinical studies running. During the last 15 years  there has been 140 clinical studies (mainly in GI) and over 500 publications by the department.  There is a dedicated building for the rehabilitation of cancer patient –“Firebird”. The nationwide patient advocavy-group “Gyogyulj Velunk” is also based in the department and has its group events in the “Firebird center”. The oncology department educates patients through the national journal “Rakgyogyitas” and its website. The office of the Hungarian Society of Clinical Oncology and its journal “Clinical Oncology” is also based in the department.