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! Surgical Oncology !! !! !! | ! Surgical Oncology !! !! !! | ||
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || ''' | | '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year''' | ||
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| Specialist || Breast surgery || | | Specialist || Breast surgery || yes || 678 (2022) | ||
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| Specialist || Urological surgery || | | Specialist || Urological surgery || yes || 428 (2022) | ||
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| Specialist || Thoracic surgery || | | Specialist || Thoracic surgery || yes || | ||
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| Specialist || Digestive surgery || | | Specialist || Digestive surgery || yes || 585 (2022) | ||
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| Specialist || Gynaecological surgery || | | Specialist || Gynaecological surgery || yes || 362 (2022) | ||
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| Specialist || Head and neck surgery || | | Specialist || Head and neck surgery || yes || 99 (2022) | ||
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| Specialist || Soft tissue surgery || | | Specialist || Soft tissue surgery || yes || | ||
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| Specialist || Sarcoma surgery || | | Specialist || Oncoplastic surgery || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Video-assisted thoracoscopy || | | Specialist || Sarcoma surgery || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Video-assisted thoracoscopy || yes || | |||
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! Radiotherapy !! !! !! | ! Radiotherapy !! !! !! | ||
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || ''' | | '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year''' | ||
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| Facility || Total MegaVoltage units || 4 || | | Facility || Total MegaVoltage units || 4 || +51000 (yearly) | ||
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| Machine || Linear accelerators || | | Machine || Linear accelerators || yes || | ||
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| Machine || Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT || | | Machine || Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT || yes || 31125 (2022) | ||
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| Machine || Linear accelerators with IGRT || | | Machine || Linear accelerators with IGRT || yes || | ||
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| Machine || Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS || | | Machine || Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS || yes || | ||
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| Machine || Cobalt Units || yes || | |||
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| Machine || Cobalt Units || | | Machine || Brachytherapy unit || yes || 720 | ||
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| Machine || Brachytherapy unit || | | Technique || Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia (HIPEC) || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) || | | Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || | | Technique || Locoregional chemotherapy || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Chemoembolization || | | Technique || Chemoembolization || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Total Body Irradiation (TBI) || | | Technique || Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) || yes || both | ||
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| Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || | | Technique || Total Body Irradiation (TBI) || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Radiosurgery || | | Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || yes || | ||
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| Technique || CT planning || | | Technique || Radiosurgery || yes || | ||
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| Technique || IMRT radiotherapy planning system || | | Technique || CT planning || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning || | | Technique || IMRT radiotherapy planning system || yes || 1910 (2022) | ||
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| Technique || PET CT treatment planning || | | Technique || Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning || yes || | ||
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| Technique || PET CT treatment planning || yes || | |||
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! Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants !! !! !! | ! Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants !! !! !! | ||
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || ''' | | '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year''' | ||
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| Facility || Transfusion Unit || | | Facility || Transfusion Unit || yes || | ||
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| Facility || Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) || | | Facility || Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Quality Vigilance System || yes || | |||
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| Technique || Allogenic stem cell transplants || yes || | |||
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| Technique || Autologous bone marrow transplants || yes || | |||
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| Technique || Autologous stem cell transplants || yes || | |||
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! Specialists !! !! !! | ! Specialists !! !! !! | ||
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || ''' | | '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year''' | ||
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| Specialist || Physician with a specialisation in palliative care || | | Specialist || Physician with a specialisation in palliative care || yes || | ||
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| Specialist || Medical oncologist || | | Specialist || Medical oncologist || yes || | ||
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| Specialist || Physician specialised in pain treatment || | | Specialist || Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care || yes || | ||
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| Specialist || Physician specialised in pain treatment || yes || | |||
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| Specialist || Lung physician || yes || | |||
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| Specialist || Radiotherapist || 16 || | | Specialist || Radiotherapist || 16 || | ||
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| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || 3 || | | Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || 3 || | ||
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| Specialist || Psychiatrist || 1 || | | Specialist || Psychiatrist || 1 || | ||
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| Specialist || Social worker || 1 || | | Specialist || Social worker || 1 || | ||
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| Specialist || Physiotherapist || | | Specialist || Physiotherapist || yes || | ||
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| Specialist || Dietitian || 1 || | | Specialist || Dietitian || 1 || | ||
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! Others !! !! !! | ! Others !! !! !! | ||
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || ''' | | '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year''' | ||
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| Facility || 24-hour Oncological Emergency Department || | | Facility || 24-hour Oncological Emergency Department || yes || 1519 receptions and emergency services (2022) | ||
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| Technique || Interventional Endoscopy || | | Technique || Interventional Endoscopy || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Nephrostomy || | | Technique || Rigid Bronchoscopy || yes || | ||
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| Facility || Clinical Trial Center || | | Technique || Nephrostomy || yes || | ||
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| Facility || Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit || | | Facility || Clinical Trial Center || yes || | ||
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| Technique || | | Facility || Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit || yes || | ||
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| Technique || Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Pressurized Air Flow (PIPAC) || yes || | |||
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Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | yes | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | yes | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | yes | digital / 9580 (2022) |
| Machine | Ultrasound | yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | yes | |
| Technique | MRI-guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) | yes | |
| Technique | EBUS-TBNA | yes | |
| Technique | E/S Fine-needle biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | yes | |
| Machine | PET/MRI | yes | |
| Facility | Radionuclide treatment facilities | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | yes | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | yes | 5158 (2022) |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Facility | Cytology laboratory | yes | 8715 tests (2022) |
| Facility | Histopathology laboratory | yes | |
| Technique | Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) | yes | |
| Technique | FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) | yes | |
| Technique | PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) | yes | |
| Technique | Cytometry | yes | |
| Technique | Liquid biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Immunofluorescence techniques | yes | |
| Technique | Histochemistry | yes | |
| Technique | Techniques for molecular pathology | yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Technique | PDL1 | yes | |
| Technique | PI3KCA | yes | 18 (2022) |
| Technique | KRAS | yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | yes | 106 (2022) |
| Technique | EGFR | yes | 71 (2022) |
| Technique | ALK | yes | |
| Technique | ROS | yes | |
| Technique | HER2 status | yes | |
| Technique | COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS | yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | yes | >1000 (yearly) |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | yes | 678 (2022) |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | yes | 428 (2022) |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | yes | 585 (2022) |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | yes | 362 (2022) |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | yes | 99 (2022) |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Sarcoma surgery | yes | |
| Technique | Video-assisted thoracoscopy | yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Facility | Total MegaVoltage units | 4 | +51000 (yearly) |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | yes | 31125 (2022) |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | yes | |
| Machine | Cobalt Units | yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | yes | 720 |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia (HIPEC) | yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Locoregional chemotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | yes | |
| Technique | Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | yes | both |
| Technique | Total Body Irradiation (TBI) | yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | yes | |
| Technique | IMRT radiotherapy planning system | yes | 1910 (2022) |
| Technique | Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning | yes | |
| Technique | PET CT treatment planning | yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Facility | Transfusion Unit | yes | |
| Facility | Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) | yes | |
| Technique | Quality Vigilance System | yes | |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous bone marrow transplants | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | yes | |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | yes | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care | yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 16 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 3 | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | 1 | |
| Specialist | Social worker | 1 | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | 1 | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Facility | 24-hour Oncological Emergency Department | yes | 1519 receptions and emergency services (2022) |
| Technique | Interventional Endoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Rigid Bronchoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Nephrostomy | yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Pressurized Air Flow (PIPAC) | yes |
Prevention
| Screening and Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Breast cancer screening program | Yes | |
| Facility | Cervical cancer screening program | Yes | |
| Facility | Colorectal cancer screening program | Yes |
Palliative Care
| Palliative Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Home palliative care availability | Yes |