Presentation of the Centre
The Oncology Institute of Vojvodina was founded in 1965 with financial backing from the Republic Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) as part of a project of the Serbian government.
In 1966 the Oncology Institute oversaw the foundation of the Vojvodina cancer registry which collects epidemiological data on tumour types and incidence rates for a population area of over 2 million.
The institute also presides over the publication of the only specialised oncology journal (“Archive of oncology”) in Serbia and provides medical, research and educational facilities for oncology in the province.
Main Research Activities and Education
The Oncology Institute of Vojvodina is a highly specialised educational and scientific research institution in the field of oncology, which carries out the most complex specialised, preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative methods and procedures.
Cancer treatment is based on a multidisciplinary approach. This approach to treatment has been ensured through the management of patients by multidisciplinary teams of experts specializing in the treatment of a particular cancer type.
The Institute monitors and examines the health status of the population, conducting the registration of patients with cancer and performs other tested, introduced and applied new methods of prevention, diagnosis of tumors, their treatment and rehabilitation, organising expert supervision of the IOV wards and dispensaries in the territory of Vojvodina.
The Institute consists of the following major organisational units:
- Department for medical oncology
- Department for surgical oncology
- Department for anesthesiology and intensive care
- Department for radiotherapy
- Diagnostic Imaging Center
- Center for Nuclear Medicine
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Department for pathological-anatomical and laboratory diagnostics
- Department of Epidemiology
- Outpatient Department
- Department of pharmaceutical services
- Department for scientific research and educational activities
- Department for organisation, planning evaluation and medical informatics
- Department for legal and economic – financial activities
Profile
239 beds
560 all employees: 148 medical doctors, 409 nurses (graduated, registered nurses, health care professionals, trained nurses), etc.
98 000 patient’s visits in 2024
2 500 surgical procedures
11 000 MRI exams
2 400 patients with radiotherapy treatment
1 400 PET
18 000 systemic treatments (chemo, targeted…)