Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet () is one of the four campuses of

Oslo University Hospital Oslo University Hospital (; OUS) is a university hospital in Oslo, Norway. With over 24,000 employees it is List of hospitals by staff, the largest hospital organization in Europe. It is affiliated with the University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine, F ...

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, and is dedicated to cancer treatment. This part of the hospital is the most specialized hospital in Norway for

cancer therapy Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment. Treatments can include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, targe ...

and research on

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

. The Norwegian Radium Hospital was an independent hospital from May 21, 1932, to 2005, when it merged with

Rikshospitalet Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, is one of the four main campuses of Oslo University Hospital in Oslo, Norway. It was an independent hospital, ''Rigshospitalet'', later spelled ''Rikshospitalet'' ("The National Hospital"), from 1826 to 20 ...

. The hospital was founded with

Severin Andreas Heyerdahl Severin Andreas Heyerdahl (28 August 1870 – 26 June 1940) was a Norwegian physician, radiologist and hospital director. He was a pioneer in the use of radiology and radiation therapy in Norway. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Osl ...

as chief physician and director, and Hans L. C. Huitfeldt as chairman of the board. From 1983 to the merge with Rikshospitalet in 2005

Jan Vincents Johannessen Jan Vincents Johannessen (born 25 May 1941) is a Norwegian physician, cancer researcher, hospital director, painter, text writer and composer. He was born in Kristiansand Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality i ...

was CEO. The Radium Hospital merged in 2005 with

to create

Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet HF Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, is one of the four main campuses of Oslo University Hospital in Oslo, Norway. It was an independent hospital, ''Rigshospitalet'', later spelled ''Rikshospitalet'' ("The National Hospital"), from 1826 to 20 ...

. On January 1, 2009, Rikshospitalet merged with

Ullevål University Hospital Ullevaal Stadion () is an all-seater football stadium located in Oslo, Norway. It is the home ground of the Norway national football team, and the site of the Norwegian Cup Final. From its opening in 1926 to 2009 it was the home ground of F ...

and

Aker University Hospital Oslo University Hospital, Aker (also known as Aker Hospital or just Aker) is one of the four main campuses of Oslo University Hospital. It was an independent hospital from 1895 to 2009, under the name Aker Hospital and from 2002 Aker University Ho ...

to create

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