Bellinzona, Switzerland

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The Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI) is a non-surgical cancer centre covering the needs of the population in the Southern, Italian speaking, part of Switzerland. It comprises 5 clinics: medical oncology, radiation-oncology, haematology, palliative care, and clinical research. Overall, 60 physicians compose the 5 teams. The main centre is in the San Giovanni Hospital in Bellinzona, where the inpatient department, the direction and the research centre is located, but IOSI covers also the oncology needs of 3 other hospitals, in Lugano, Mendrisio and Locarno. The Institute follows at the moment approximately 8000 patients, with about 2000 new cases per year.

The Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland is one of the largest clinical research centres in Switzerland. The three main areas of clinical research comprise new drugs development, lymphoproliferative diseases (lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia) and prostate cancer. Other areas of development in clinical research include breast, lung and gastrointestinal cancer. The Institute has a central role in the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI).