Oncology centres provide a solution to the problem of cancer, offering patients comprehensive and effective care in a single location:
- Bringing together prevention, diagnosis, treatment, research and training on a single site;
- Offering patients innovative treatments that improve their chances of survival and minimise the impact of treatment on their quality of life;
- Constantly improving research and training, by being as close as possible to patients.
However, there are many challenges to having a high-performance oncology centre:
- Ensuring high quality equipment and procedures;
- Recruiting and training qualified healthcare professionals;
- Establishing a smooth flow between diagnosis, treatment and follow-up;
- Finding sources of funding and optimising costs to ensure the centre’s sustainability;
- Having access to innovative treatments;
- Monitoring regulations and obtain the associated authorisations
