Cancer treatment

At HUS we treat all types of cancer.

Potilas valmistellaan kuvattavaksi magneettikuvauslaitteella.

At HUS we provide individual cancer treatments whose quality is guaranteed by the high level of expertise of our staff and our state-of-the-art technology. Our oncological expertise is highly valued internationally.

The blanket term ‘cancer’ covers a variety of diseases that can be grouped according to where they occur in the body or how they grow:

prostate cancer
pancreatic cancer
lymph gland cancer, or lymphoma
lung cancer
thyroid cancer
testicular cancer
cervical cancer
endometrial cancer
stomach cancer
melanoma
ovarian cancer
renal cancer
sarcoma
bowel cancer
breast cancer
bladder cancer

The various types of cancer progress differently. Even cancer originating in the same organ can progress differently in different individuals. We will find the most suitable form of treatment or combination of treatments based on a wide range of detailed examinations. We also perform laboratory or imaging examinations to explore the spread of the cancer and how active its metabolism is.

The treatments we use for cancer can be grouped as follows:

surgical treatment
radiation therapy
chemotherapy
radionuclide therapy
pain management
palliative care and terminal care

For more information on types of cancer and cancer treatments, visit the Cancer Hub at the Health Village.

We are the first Finnish cancer hospital to publish the average time from receiving a referral to the patient being admitted to treatment in cases of prostate cancer, breast cancer, and bowel cancer.

The average time for access to treatment in a calendar month is published 1.5 months after the end of that calendar month. The access times are shown on the care pathways.

Noona is a mobile app through which you can communicate with the HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center during your treatment and monitoring periods.

You can use Noona to ask your treatment team about symptoms related to your treatment and anything else that is on your mind. Communications via Noona are strictly confidential. Only the nurses actually involved in your treatment have access to your information. Nurses can also send you care instructions or other current information.

Symptom surveys sent through Noona during treatments keep our medical staff up to date and help them give you the best possible care. Symptom surveys can sometimes replace appointments with a nurse or a physician.

We will respond within 1 to 2 days. If you need to speak to our nursing staff urgently, please call us.

You can also keep a journal in Noona that is only seen by you. If you report a serious symptom, Noona can send you care instructions automatically.

Noona is used at the Comprehensive Cancer Center:

with breast cancer patients throughout the entire care pathway from surgery to follow-up monitoring,
with patients with urologic cancers,
with bowel cancer patients,
with melanoma patients,
with lymphoma patients,
with patients receiving immunotherapy, and
with Clinical Trial Unit patients.

Videos for patients

Cancer Hub (opens in new window, links to another website)

TERVEYSKYLÄ.FI

For more information on cancer treatments, visit the Cancer Hub (Syöpätalo) at the Health Village (Terveyskylä). Health Village (Terveyskylä) is an online service for specialist medical care.