Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Institut Jules Bordet)

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Diagnostics

Radiology
Type	Name	Number	Uses per year
Machine	CT scanners	3
Machine	MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques)	yes
Machine	Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital)	yes	digital
Machine	Ultrasound	yes
Machine	High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)	yes
Machine	Gamma Camera	yes
Technique	MRI-guided biopsy	yes
Technique	Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB)	yes
Technique	Stereostatic biopsy	yes
Technique	Ultrasound guided biopsy	yes
Technique	EBUS-TBNA	yes
Technique	CT guided biopsis	yes
Technique	E/S Fine-needle biopsy	yes
Technique	Angiography	yes
Nuclear Medicine
Type	Name	Number	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	Sentinel node scintigraphy	yes
Technique	Bone scintigraphy	yes
Pathology
Type	Name	Number	Uses per year
Facility	Cytology laboratory	yes
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	Number	Uses per year
Technique	PGR	yes
Technique	KI-67	yes
Technique	PDL1	yes
Technique	PI3KCA	yes
Technique	ER	yes
Technique	BRAF	yes
Technique	NTRK	yes
Technique	RET	yes
Technique	MET	yes
Technique	COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS	yes
Technique	KRAS	yes
Technique	EGFR	yes
Technique	ALK	yes
Technique	ROS	yes
Technique	HER2 status	yes
Others
Type	Name	Number	Uses per year
Technique	Bronchoscopy	yes
Technique	Colonoscopy	yes

Treatment

Surgical Oncology
Type	Name	Number	Uses per year
Specialist	Breast surgery	5
Specialist	Urological surgery	yes
Specialist	Thoracic surgery	6
Specialist	Digestive surgery	6
Specialist	Gynaecological surgery	5
Specialist	Head and neck surgery	6
Specialist	Soft tissue surgery	4
Specialist	Orthopaedic surgery	2
Specialist	Oncoplastic surgery	4
Specialist	ENT surgery	yes
Specialist	Sarcoma surgery	yes
Technique	Video-assisted thoracoscopy	yes
Technique	Isolated Limb Hyperthermic Perfusion	yes
Technique	Robotic surgery	yes
Radiotherapy
Type	Name	Number	Uses per year
Machine	Linear accelerators	yes
Machine	Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT	4
Machine	Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS	yes
Facility	Proton/carbon facilities	yes
Machine	Dedicated SRS units	yes
Machine	Cobalt Units	yes
Machine	Brachytherapy unit	2	(low dose -LDR- and high dose -HDR- units)
Technique	Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC)	yes
Technique	Stereotactic radiotherapy	yes
Technique	Locoregional chemotherapy	yes
Technique	Chemoembolization	yes
Technique	Therma Ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave)	yes	microwave
Technique	Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC)	yes
Technique	Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT)	yes
Technique	Total Body Irradiation (TBI)	yes
Technique	3D conformal radiotherapy	yes
Technique	Radiosurgery	yes
Technique	Proton therapy	yes
Technique	Respiratory motion management	yes
Technique	Adaptive radiotherapy	yes
Technique	Conventional simulation	yes
Technique	Virtual simulation for treatment planning	yes
Technique	CT planning	yes
Technique	Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning	yes
Technique	PET CT treatment planning	yes
Machine	Gamma Knife	yes
Machine	CyberKnife	yes
Machine	TomoTherapy Machines	yes
Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants
Type	Name	Number	Uses per year
Facility	Transfusion Unit	yes
Facility	Bone marrow / stem cell bank	3
Facility	Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)	yes
Facility	Number of laminar flow rooms	6
Facility	Number of sterile rooms	12
Machine	Cytopheresis machine	yes
Technique	Quality Vigilance System	yes
Technique	Allogenic stem cell transplants	yes	35
Technique	Autologous bone marrow transplants	yes
Technique	Autologous stem cell transplants	yes	35
Specialists
Type	Name	Number	Uses per year
Specialist	Physician with a specialisation in palliative care	1
Specialist	Medical oncologist	yes
Specialist	Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care	yes
Specialist	Nurse with a specialisation/certification in oncology	yes
Specialist	Physician specialised in pain treatment	yes
Specialist	Lung physician	yes
Specialist	Radiotherapist	10
Specialist	Psychologist or Psychotherapist	15
Specialist	Psychiatrist	yes
Specialist	Pharmacist	15
Specialist	Social worker	yes
Specialist	Spiritual care	yes
Specialist	Physiotherapist	yes
Specialist	Dietitian	6
Others
Type	Name	Number	Uses per year
Facility	24-hour Oncological Emergency Department	yes
Technique	Interventional Endoscopy	yes
Technique	Embolization with microparticles	yes
Facility	Clinical Trial Center	yes
Facility	Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit	yes
Technique	Peritoneal drainage	yes

Prevention

Others
Type	Name	Number	Uses per year
Facility	Lung cancer screening program	yes
Facility	Breast cancer screening program	yes
Facility	Colorectal cancer screening program	yes
Facility	Smoking detoxification center	yes

Quality of Life

Others
Type	Name	Number	Uses per year
Facility	Supportive care unit	yes
Facility	Phone/mail contact service	yes
Facility	Survivorship program	yes