Residential care centre
Provides mainly systemic medical care in the field of chemotherapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy and symptomatic care.
A new feature is the possibility of administering targeted therapy, currently state-of-the-art cancer therapy.
The department is not equipped with an irradiator for actinotherapy of patients.
Ambulance
It is used for dispensing of patients with a focus on early diagnosis and possible recurrence of cancer.
In case of a new cancer or its recurrence, the patient is indicated for treatment and transferred to the care of the inpatient unit.
The outpatient clinic and the inpatient clinic work in close proximity.
Scientific activities
The department is involved in research on new drugs, especially by actively participating in clinical trials to test and put into practice new drugs or treatment combinations.
The Department's physicians are actively involved in many international committees to oversee this research.
Some of the doctors are also involved in the training of students or young doctors.
Oncology inpatient ward is moved to a new wing
The Oncology Department is located in a new outpatient wing, which was built outside the main hospital building.
The Oncology Department provides preventive, diagnostic and curative care for cancer patients. This care is provided in outpatient clinics and a day hospital. The department is now located in a new building near the main gatehouse, which is used by ambulances.
In order to improve the quality of care and expand the spectrum of treatment, oncology in the Hořovice hospital will become part of the Comprehensive Oncology Centre of the Pardubice Region from 1 January 2019, which also includes the Multiscan Pardubice Oncology Centre, which, like the Hořovice Hospital, belongs to AKESO holding, a.s.
Multiscan began operating in the Pardubice hospital in mid-2002, and from the beginning, in connection with the purchase and operation of a linear accelerator, it took over the outpatient care of patients of the Pardubice Region in the field of radiotherapy through its radiotherapy department. In accordance with the concept of oncological care in the Pardubice Region, the Multiscan Radiology Centre operates clinical oncology outpatient clinics in Svitavy, Chrudim and Ústí nad Orlicí. In an effort to continuously improve the quality of care provided, the company operates the Department of Central Preparation of Cytostatics of the subsidiary Multiscan Pharma s.r.o. This department prepares medicines for Multiscan's clinical oncology outpatient clinics and inpatient wards of the Pardubice Regional Hospital for patients with oncological diseases under strict hygiene and safety measures.
