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NATIONAL CANCER CENTRE

DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS


DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL
Head - Tkeshelashvili Vasil, MD, DSc, Tel.: 98-74-08 Mobile: 877-44-15-30

Created in 1994 year, the department has prepared National Cancer Control Program, National Ionizing Irradiation Control Program and other programs of cancer control and prevention. Creation of National Cancer Register has been begun already for the purpose of its introduction in ENCR and then inclusion into IACR as well as epidemiological studies in Georgia have been begun.
Program on Cancer Information Service and CancerNet creation in Georgia has been prepared as well as the Program on telemedicine introduction into practice.
From 1996 year, connection between Batumi oncological dispenser via E-mail was established. From 1996 year National Cancer Centre was included into InterNet.
In 1996, September 20, the first teleradiological connection Batumi-Tbilisi was established.
Division greatly needs the assistance of NCI, CDC, IARC, IACR, ACS, UICC and other leading cancer organizations.



HEAD AND NECK DEPARTMENT
Head - Mardaleishvili Konsantin, MD, PhD,DSc, professor, Tel.: 39-52-57; 39-10-10; 39-52-92
    Together with common methods of treatment, following original methods are used:
  1. Reconstructive operations of facial nerve with sural nerve, using microsurgical technics in parotidal gland cancer.
  2. nstructive operations of cervical part of esophagus with small intestine, using microsurgical technics in extended laryngeal and laryngopharyngeal cancers.
  3. nstructive operations of stomatic cavity, stomatopharynx and mandible with osteomusculocutaneous graft from thoracodorsal area.


THORACAL DEPARTMENT
Head - Gagua Rezo, MD, PhD, DSc, professor, Tel.: 39-53-57; 39-86-51

Modern methods of diagnosis and surgical treatment of lung, mediastinal and thoracic wall tumors are introduced in the department.
In locally extended lung cancer the expanded, combined, expanded and combined and broncoangioplastic operations are carried out. Methodological aspects of these operations have been worked out and improved. The special place has the thracheobronchial surgery in the work of this department.


MAMMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
Head - Nemsadze Gia, MD, PhD, DSc, Tel.: 39-43-56

Besides radical surgical interventios in breast cancer, reconstructive operations of breast are carried out in the department. In dependence on the form and extention of pathological process, chemoradiotherapy is widely used.


GYNECOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
Head - Charkviani Levan, MD, PhD, DSc, professor, Tel.: 39-82-09; 39-82- 09

All known methods of surgical treatment are used in gynecological cancers.


UROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
Head - Gotsadze David, M.D, PhD, DSc

All known methods of surgical treatment are used in the department. Recently the elaboration of methods of artificial abdominal bladder creation is of great importance in their work.


RADIOGYNECOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
Head - Kakhiani Irina, MD

Radiotherapy is carried out in the department in cervical cancer.


ABDOMINAL DEPARTMENT
Head - Tsalugelashvili Alexander, M.D, PhD, DSc

Methods of diagnosis and treatment of esophageal, stomach, liver, pancreatoduodenal and retroperitoneal area tumors are introduced in the department.


PROCTOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
Head - Bakradze Ilia, MD, PhD, DSc

Two-teams method in extirpation of rectum, is introduced in our department: operations with sphincter preservantion: abdominal resection with left and right parts of colon descensus into anal meatus, anteroinferior resection of rectum with compressive sutural apparatus - AKA-2; all types of radical operations on colon, among them subtotal colectomy with ascended and cecorectal anastomosis formation in total polyposis: reconstructive operations after radical ones in patients with colostomy.


BONES AND SOFT TISSUE DEPARTMENT
Head - Chirinashvili Alexander, MD, PhD, Tel.: 39-06-23; 39-82-68

Together with surgical treatment of skin and soft tissue tumors, wide scale radical operations are carried out in the department: intrascapulethoracical amputations, all types of exarticulations, skin transplantations, plastic operations on bones, breast cancer operations in males. new method of intra-postoperative chemo-immunocoaguloactive therapy in angiosarcomas has been worked out.


CHEMOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT
Head - Tevzadze Guram, MD, PhD

Known schemes of chemotherapy are used in cancer patients. The main trend of this department is to introduce new methods of treatment in malignant lymphomas.
Together with the combined radiotherapy and use of antitumor drugs, it became quite possible to obtain possitive effect in general forms of the disease and to improve the patients survival.


RADIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT
Head - Vepkhvadze Revaz, MD, PhD, DSc, professor, Tel.: 39-77-16

Multifractional and large fractional irradiation is used to improve effectiveness of radio treatment. Image obtaining on the paper by means of computing technics in roentgenodiagnosis may be considered as the success of the department. Besides that, model of roentgenodiagnostic apparatus has been invented, by means of which patients X-ray examination is harmless for the health. Method of computing thermodiagnosis was created which is used in mass-screeng of females.


PEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT
Head - Shanidze George, MD, PhD, DSc, Tel.: 39-43-80; 39-42-80

Contemporary methods of treatment (combined, complex) are used in solid as wel as in malignant lymphomas.
Recently, tests on tumor markers by means of immunoenzymes analysis of blood are widely used.


CRIOSURGERY DEPARTMENT
Head - Tapladze Omar, MD, PhD, DSc, Tel.: 39-03-74

Criosurgery is carried out in cancer and precancer diseases of skin and visible organs (in out patients).

 

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