Search | TYKS

Filter results

Lung cancer

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.

Service

Patient safety

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.

Page

Patient rights

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.

Page

PET Centre

Turku PET Centre is a joint national research institute of University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, and Turku University Hospital (Tyks). In addition to patient studies, our activity includes high-quality scientific research and publication activity and the development and manufacturing of positron-emitting isotopes. We are the leading PET research developer in Finland.

Hospital as a learning environment

Turku University Hospital (Tyks) operates as a teaching hospital. Tyks offers internship and on-the-job learning periods in accordance with training agreement for students of universities and educational institutions that provide social and health care education. Hundreds of medical, social and health care students practice their skills required in working life in our hospitals yearly.

Wellbeing, rehabilitation and support for cancer patients

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.

Service

Hematological treatments

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.

Service

Tyks Cancer Centre

The Tyks Cancer Centre arranges cancer treatment and research in Southwest Finland. Our responsibility areas are prevention, diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation, advanced scientific research and education in the field of cancer on the level of specialized medical care. We are there for you - whether you are a cancer patient, a researcher or an employee of a cancer center.

What we do

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.

Page