The medical oncology department

Located on the 3rd^floor of the South building (known as the "woman-child-hematology" building), the medical oncology department specializes in drug treatments for cancers: chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormone therapy, supportive treatments and targeted therapies.

Comprising 11 single rooms, it provides 365-day-a-year care, in collaboration with specialists and surgeons, to patients with gynecological, urological and ENT (head and neck) , prescribing and monitoring the administration of various medications.An average of 40 patients are admitted to this unit each month.

protocols clinical research and is involved in the management of symptoms and complications of solid tumors of various origins.

The team performs various tasks: diagnostic assessments, cancer treatments that cannot be administered on an outpatient or home basis and require close monitoring, management of severe side effects of cancer treatments, and management of the consequences of tumor progression. Patients without scheduled appointments are most often admitted directly to this service without going through the emergency room.

To ensure the best possible care, the choice of each treatment is studied prior to its administration in a multidisciplinary consultation meeting including a range of healthcare professionals from different disciplines: oncologists, surgeons, radiotherapists, pharmacists, etc.

The service offers specific care for young people in transition between childhood and adulthood, including the presence of a specialized AJA (Adults and Young Adults) nurse in coordination with thepediatric onco-hematology.

All patients, primarily from the local area, are treated. Close cooperation with the hospitals in Lisieux, Alençon , and Saint-Lô allows the university hospital's practitioners to support these hospitals in providing care to patients within the region.