Agios Savvas (St Savvas)
The Hellenic Cancer Institute (HCI) was founded in 1935 by the “Christian Social Union”. One of the first works of HCI was the establishment and operation of the “Agios Savvas” hospital (Geniko Antikarkiniko Ogkologiko Nosokomeio Athinon o Agios Savvas (GAONA St Savvas). The establishment and operation of this hospital was the realization of an old dream of the inspirational Professor and Academician Aristotle Kouzis. During the 1980s and thereafter, an important project was carried out to modernize the hospital and its facilities. The hospital is working now under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance and is included in the “National Health System” NHS. Since 1987 a number of new medical departments and units were organized and operated, to expand the scope of medical services provided, ensuring the hospital’s self-sufficiency, and harmonization with the modern requirements of medical developments, including the CT department, the Ultrasound Unit. With the creation of the CT Department and the Ultrasound Unit, the Foundation made available to its patients the full range of diagnostic imaging methods in use. From 2011 by the fusion of “Agios Savvas” Hospital with the “Georgios Gennimatas” Oncology Hospital of Social Security Institution, the Department of Advanced Imaging Modalities was established including MRI as well as PET-CT.
Since May 2020, a new 3 Tesla machine and in the same time a new PET-CT machine are in function, offering to the General Anti-Cancer and Oncological Hospital of Athens (GAONA) “St. Savvas” the opportunity to provide most modern and appropriate Diagnosis and Imaging Guided Treatment to Oncological patients, as a tertiary center covering whole Greece. Since October 2020, we are participating in the ProCAncer-I Project by offering and uploading the MRI and pathological data from 200 cases, in order to evolve an AI algorithm for patients with suspicion of prostate cancer.
