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Wiener Privatklinik (WPK) is a private multi-specialty hospital in Vienna, Austria, in the university quarter next to the Vienna General Hospital, founded in 1871 and physician-led since 1995. It has over 300 doctors across more than 30 specialties, with oncology as its central focus: the Central European Cancer Center combines surgery, radiotherapy, immunotherapy and chemotherapy with interdisciplinary tumour boards and shared imaging.
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