{"id":32133,"date":"2022-04-18T13:03:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T11:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ivo.es\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:21:20","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ivo.es\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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4 February 1974<\/span>

Work begins on the construction of the IVO<\/strong><\/h2>

The iconic circular building, now known as the Antonio Llombart Building, began to be built on a surface area of 2,196 square metres and a volume of 9,000 cubic metres, which could be built over three floors.<\/p>

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1 December 1976<\/span>

Opening<\/strong><\/h2>

On the evening of 1 December 1976, the Instituto Valenciano de Oncolog\u00eda was inaugurated.<\/p>

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Queen Sofia attended the event. In the photograph, Antonio Llombart explains to Queen Sofia about the characteristics of the cancer centre's facilities.<\/p>

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26 January 1992<\/span>

Expansion of the Hospital Complex<\/strong><\/h2>

Opening of Building C for Outpatients, located just a few metres from the original hospital.<\/p>

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A 3,000-square-metre building spread over four floors, plus the ground floor.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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1997<\/span>

Jos\u00e9 Sim\u00f3 Building<\/strong><\/h2>

In 1997, the Antonio Llombart Rodr\u00edguez Building, popularly known as the \"flying saucer\" due to its circular shape, underwent an expansion project. Building B, also called Jos\u00e9 Sim\u00f3, in memory of the second president of the IVO, occupied a surface area of 3,000 square metres and is connected to building A by a passageway.\u00a0<\/p>

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2007<\/span>

New Building D<\/strong><\/h2>

The Outpatients' Department, which had been in operation since 1992, was no longer able to cope with the large number of patients who came to its facilities on a daily basis.<\/p>

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With 8,000 square metres of available space, New Building D was inaugurated in 2007, connected to the Antonio Llombart and Jos\u00e9 Sim\u00f3 buildings by an underground tunnel. The basement of the building houses the radiotherapy oncology services and two operating theatres.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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2007<\/span>

Alcoy and Cuenca<\/strong><\/h2>

In 2007, the IVO set up two Radiotherapy Units: one in Alcoy (Alicante) and another in Cuenca. The first is located next to the Virgen de los Lirios hospital, and the second was created in association with the Virgen de la Luz hospital in the city of La Mancha.\u00a0<\/p>

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Both Units were conceived with the aim of providing patients living in these Units' geographical areas of influence with convenient access to radiotherapy care and treatment.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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2007<\/span>

A 25,000-Square-Metre Hospital Complex<\/strong><\/h2>

The combined volume of each of the sites that make up the IVO's oncology hospital complex amounts to 25,000 square metres.\u00a0<\/p>

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