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At Žlutý kopec is the Masaryk Oncology Centre.
Masarykův onkologický ústav (MOÚ) was established in 1935.
It is named after
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk - the first president of
Czechoslovakia.
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Like
FN Bohunice, it is a teaching and research facility in cooperation with
Masaryk University.
This is among the best oncology hospitals in the country, if not one of the best in
Central Europe.
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Each year, the centre treats 10,000 hospitalised patients and another 200,000 as outpatients.
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The Radiation Oncology Clinic is one of only two hospitals in the country where children are treated with rays.
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It has five linear accelerators which permits automated adjustment to the shape of the rays in order to treat irregular shaped tumours.
This minimises healthy tissue near a tumour being affected by the radiation.
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