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Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer among men and the fourth most common one among women. In all of Finland, the annual number of new cases of lung cancer is around 2,300 and in the area of Southwest Finland around 200.
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A diagnosis of cancer is always upsetting and confuses the everyday life of the patient and the patient's family. This page provides you with reliable information on how you as a cancer patient can support your own wellbeing and rehabilitation.
Patient safety is a state where the patient gets the treatment he/she needs at the right time and with as little foreseeable harm and discomfort as possible.
Everyone living in Finland has the right to receive the treatment required by their state of health within the available resources. The patient also has other statutory rights, such as the right to good care and treatment, and access to information about health and care.
Hematology is the medical discipline that studies and treats illnesses of the blood. The suspicion of a possible blood illness arises often when there are changes in the blood counts in laboratory testing of a blood sample.
The operations of the Centre of Excellence in Infections and Microbes includes, for example, laboratory and high security laboratory operations, contingency planning and scientific research.