Head prof. Elona Juozaitytė, MD, PhD
Address: Eivenių Str. 2, LT-50161, Kaunas
Phone: +37037787326
E-mail: onkologijos.klinika@kaunoklinikos.lt
The main functions of the Department of Oncology and Hematology are to provide patients with qualified and specialized services in oncology and hematology. The Department of Oncology and Hematology is involved into clinical, educational and scientific activities. Today oncology in Kaunas is a multimodality cancer care system. Oncology and hematology department successfully integrates different hospital departments involved in cancer diagnosis, surgical and other treatment modalities. Today radiotherapy in Kaunas is part of multimodality cancer care system. Now we are running four modern linacs, equipped with MLC‘s and CBCT. Our patients could benefit from modern treatment approaches like IMRT, IGRT or stereotactic intracranial and body radiotherapy. As well extensive HDR brachytherapy programme runs in our hospital, including gynaecological, prostate, head&neck, breast applications.
Over 6000 cancer patients are treated in Oncology and hematology department every year. There is a multidisciplinary collaboration in cancer care among 24 different clinical departments in the Hospital of LUHS Kauno klinikos.