Institute of Cancer of São Paulo
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Institute of Cancer of São Paulo or is located in the city of
São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
, Brazil. Is the largest
hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
of
cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...
of Brazil and
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. Founded in 2008, the institute has 580 beds, 19 elevators (21 persons each), 28 floors, 120 medical consulting rooms, 1.3 thousand surgeries/month, 6 thousand sessions of chemotherapy/month, 420 sessions of radiotherapy/month.


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