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Comprehensive Cancer Center

Haartmaninkatu 4, Helsinki

Switchboard :

09 4711

Info desk:

09 471 87300

Medical Helpline :

116 117

Comprehensive Cancer Center's contact center:

09 4717 4900

We are responsible for radiation therapy as well as for the drug therapy for cancer and treatment of hematological diseases in patients over the age of 16 in the Uusimaa region. We are also responsible for breast surgery, as well as demanding, special-level palliative care and end-of-life care.

In addition to patients from Helsinki and Uusimaa, we also treat patients from across Finland requiring specialized medical care. Diagnostic examinations and treatment are mainly carried out in the Meilahti hospital campus.

We train future health care professionals in our hospital. Students may participate in your care with your permission. Consenting or refusing student participation will not affect your care.

Comprehensive Cancer Center visiting hours

Visiting hours are listed on each ward’s web page. Not all units are open to visitors due to the specific nature of their operations. Such units do not have visiting hours.

Our hospital is smoke-free. Our hospital follows the principles for a safer space.

Deterioration of the cancer patient’s condition

If you experience a sudden deterioration or a fever above 38 degrees, please contact:

Medical Helpline 116 117, which is open 24/7 and is toll-free or
the nearest on-call hospital.

In case of emergency, call 112.

Services in Comprehensive Cancer Center

Welcome to the OLKA service point in Comprehensive Cancer Center! The OLKA service point is on the entrance floor of the new building section, near the café. Brochures presenting organizations are available at the service point. Theme day activities take place at the OLKA service point. Please check the monthly program at the OLKA service point to see dates of theme days.

The hospital also has volunteers. The volunteers wear light green vests. The volunteers offer unhurried encounters and are committed to confidentiality. They are there for you when you need advice on navigating in the hospital, someone to talk to, or peer support.

For more information on support from organizations and volunteers, please visit this link.

Care pathways for cancer

The care pathways provide information about different cancers, diagnostic studies related to the disease, and the different stages of treatment at HUS.

Patient Guide

The Patient Guide site answers the most common questions patients may have before, during, and after treatment.

See Patient Guide here

News

A new national study launched in Finland: FINACCESS aims to improve access to new cancer medicines for Finnish patients

HUS is coordinating a new national cancer medicines study, FINACCESS, which aims to improve patients’ access to new cancer medicines while generating…

BNCT treatments for cancer patients have started as part of a clinical trial

HUS has introduced the first in-hospital boron neutron capture therapy accelerator in Western countries. Boron neutron capture therapy, BNCT for short, is…

Drug sensitivity testing helps target new pharmacotherapy for leukemia

Drug sensitivity testing on leukemia cells can predict how patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will respond to a new combination therapy. This…

See all the Comprehensive Cancer Center news

The Comprehensive Cancer Center is being renovated

We will renovate the low-rise building section of the Comprehensive Cancer Center in phases during 2020–2025.

Open 24/7. For more detailed contact information and visiting hours, please visit the websites of the wards and unit.

Here you can find the instructions on how to arrive at the Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Visiting address

Comprehensive Cancer Center

Haartmaninkatu 4

Helsinki

Building 2

Postal address

P.O. Box 180

00029 HUS

Mon–Fri 7:30–16:00

See the hospital on the map

Units

Hematology Outpatient Clinic C2-C5, Comprehensive Cancer Center

Our Hematology Outpatient Clinic at the Comprehensive Cancer Center is available on referral and by appointment only.

Coagulation Disorder Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Coagulation Disorder Unit specializes in making comprehensive evaluations of bleeding and thrombophilia conditions by combining laboratory data with…

Clinical Pharmaceutical Research Unit C3, Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Clinical Pharmaceutical Research Unit is located at the Comprehensive Cancer Center in Meilahti.

Medical Treatment Unit, Outpatient Clinic C3-C5, Comprehensive Cancer Center

At the Medical Treatment Unit in Comprehensive Cancer Center, we administer medication for cancer.

Nuclear medicine unit, Meilahti Hospital

In the Meilahti Hospital nuclear medicine unit, we perform nuclear medicine examinations and therapy with an appointment.

Palliative Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center

At the Palliative Care Center, we provide support and treatment for patients in Uusimaa suffering from cancer or other chronic illnesses that impair their…

Molecular Radiotherapy Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Center

In the Molecular Radiotherapy Unit of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, we provide intracorporeal targeted radiotherapy.

Oncology, Outpatient Clinic C2-C5, Comprehensive Cancer Center

Doctors’ and nurses’ appointments take place in the outpatient clinics in Comprehensive Cancer Center, and drug therapy for cancer is administered in the…

Oncology Ward S4A, Meilahti Bridge Hospital

On Oncology Ward S4A, we provide cancer treatments for different types of cancer.

Oncology Ward S4B, Comprehensive Cancer Center

On Ward S4B at the Meilahti Bridge Hospital, we primarily treat patients from adolescents to the elderly who have lymphoma, sarcoma, or testicular cancer.

Department of Oncology X-ray unit

In the Department of Oncology X-ray unit, we perform imaging examinations with an appointment.

Social workers, Department of Oncology

The social workers at the Department of Oncology provide health social work services to all patients on the hospital wards and in the outpatient clinics.