National Institute of Oncology Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
Person responsible for CTC programme: Dr. Zoltán Takácsi-Nagy
Hospital overview
For more than half a century, the National Institute of Oncology (NIO) has been the epidemiological, organisational, methodological, treatment, research and training centre of oncology in Hungary. The Institute has 5 research and 9 clinical departments, and is the first Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) accredited by the OECI not only in Hungary, but also in the Central and Eastern European region. The NIO operates with 347 beds and provides treatment to approximately 16,000 patients annually. The Institute houses and manages the Hungarian National Cancer Registry. As a CCC, NIO also places a special emphasis on education and holds the chair of the Semmelweis University Department of Oncology. The Institute organises undergraduate education for medical students in oncology in Hungarian, English and German languages. Accredited postgraduate medical training is also offered by NIO, which is open to professionals from other institutions. The centre also provides education for nurses and other health care professionals. The NIO also participates in several projects of the EU Cancer Mission and the Europe Beating Cancer Plan such as the 4.UNCAN.eu, CRanE, JANE, eCAN, PCM4EU, OriON, ECHoS, EUonQol, and the CCI4EU project.
CTC programmes offered
1. Cyberknife and stereotactic radiotherapy |
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Discipline: |
Radiotherapy |
Programme mentor: |
Levente Jánváry M.D. |
Duration: | 3 months |
Type: | Residency and Observership |
Language requirements: | Good knowledge of English required |
Programme description: |
Getting to know the indication, preparation, treatment process, side effects, complication Stereotactic radiotherapy of different metastatic diseases (brain, lung, liver, bone metastases) or certain solid tumours with linear accelerator or Cyberknife (8 weeks) Curative treatment of early stage, low risk prostate cancer and postoperative treatment of the tumour bed in breast cancer with Cyberknife (2 weeks) Radiotherapy of recurrences (e.g. head and neck) (2 weeks) |
2. Robotic surgery |
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Discipline: | Surgical oncology |
Programme mentors: | Prof. Péter Tenke MD, DSc; Zoltán Novák MD, PhD; Tamás Mersich MD, PhD |
Duration: | 3 months |
Type: | Residency and Observership |
Language requirements: | Good knowledge of English required |
Programme description: |
Getting to know the indication, the advantage, the technique and complications of the robotic surgery. Robotic surgery of urological tumours (4 weeks) Robotic surgery of gynaecological tumours (4 weeks) Robotic surgery of abdominal tumours (3 weeks) |
3. Chemotherapy, targeted (biological) therapy and immunotherapy of solid tumours and lymphoproliferative diseases |
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Discipline: |
Medical oncology |
Programme mentors: |
Lajos Géczi MD, PhD; Gábor Rubovszky MD, PhD; András Masszi MD, PhD; Erika Tóth MD, PhD |
Duration: |
3 months |
Type: | Residency and Observership |
Language requirements: | Good knowledge of English required |
Programme description: |
Indication of chemotherapy in different solid tumours, complications and their management. (3 weeks) Indication of targeted therapy in different solid tumours, complications and their management. (3 weeks) Indication of immunotherapy in different solid tumours, complications and their management. (2 weeks) Indication of systemic therapy of lymphoproliferative disease, complications and their management. (2 weeks) Molecular pathology examinations. (2 weeks) |
4. Rare tumours therapy |
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Discipline: | Medical oncology |
Programme mentor: |
Gábor Rubovszky MD, PhD |
Duration: | 1 month |
Type: | Residency and Observership |
Language requirements: | Good knowledge of English required |
Programme description: |
Patients with rare cancers who cannot be treated with available professional guidelines. In line with international standards of complex oncotherapy care, our Institute has been accepted into the Orphanet system for rare diseases and the Rare Tumour Network coordinated by the European Association of Cancer Centres, as well as the Rare Gynaecological Tumour Network. |