National Cancer Institute
Institute
National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the only specialised oncology institution in Lithuania. The Institute acts as the clinical cancer centre, certified and accredited by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes.
The patient-oriented international level scientific research works are performed at the Institute with help of biotechnology, nanomedicine, genomics, proteomics and other modern technologies in order to achieve the most important goal - to reduce oncological morbidity, mortality from oncological diseases, and increase the life expectancy of patients, improve their quality of life. The main areas of scientific activity are cancer prevention, based on epidemiological, experimental and laboratory studies, improvement of tumor diagnostic methods, search and implementation of new treatment measures and methods.
Nacionalinis vėžio institutas (NVI) yra vienintelė specializuota onkologinių susirgimų tyrimų ir gydymo įstaiga Lietuvoje, akredituota Europos vėžio institutų organizacijos.
Institutas vykdo į pacientą orientuotus tarptautinio lygio mokslinius tyrimus taikydami šiuolaikinius biotechnologijos, nanomedicinos, genomikos, proteomikos ir kitus technologinius metodus, siekdami svarbiausio tikslo – sumažinti sergamumą vėžinėmis ligomis bei mirtingumą nuo vėžinių susirgimų ir pailginti paciento gyvenimo trukmę, pagerinti jo gyvenimo kokybę. Pagrindinės mokslinės veiklos kryptys yra šios: vėžinių susirgimų prevencija (grindžiama epidemiologiniais, eksperimentiniais ir laboratoriniais tyrimais), taip pat naujų diagnostikos bei gydymo priemonių ir metodų paieška ir įdiegimas.
Medical physicists are directly involved in the selection of patient's diagnostics and treatment tactics, and in the clinical activity during complicated diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. They ensure the quality of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures by monitoring the quality of the equipment and constant optimization of these procedures aiming to reduce of the amount of exposure. Medical physicists calculate the prescribed dose and plan treatment realization for each patient individually during the radiotherapy process.
Outreach consists of scientific presentations at the physics conferences and raising awareness of the society during publicity events. In 2020 the Medical Physics Department of the NCI joined Particle Therapy Masterclass in Lithuania.
