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== [[hasClinicalTrial::Trials_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Trials]] ==


== [[hasExperts::Experts_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Experts]] ==  
== [[hasExperts::Experts_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Experts]] ==  
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=== Departments ===
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-9/ Anesthesiology, resuscitation and operating room]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-12/ Brachytherapy]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-18/ Breast Surgery and Oncology]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-32/ Chemotherapy]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-28/ Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-10/ General and Abdominal Surgery and Oncology]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktao/ Head, Neck and Skin Tumor Surgery]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-34/ High-energy radiation therapy]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-36/ Medical Physics]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-22/ Oncogynecology]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-19/ Oncology]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-23/ Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-33/ Radiotherapy]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-14/ Thoracic Surgery and Oncology]'''
=== Competence Centers ===
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kompetencijos-centrai/ Breast Cancer]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/gastrointestiniu-bei-hepatopankreatobilijines-sistemos-ligu-kompetencijos-centras/ Diseases of the gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatobiliary system]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/prostatos-vezio-kompetencijos-centras/ Prostate Cancer]'''
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=== [[hasTraining::Training:_Residence_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Training: Residence]] ===
=== [[hasTraining::Training:_Residence_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Training: Residence]] ===
'''Primary purpose:''' Provide medicine residents an interdisciplinary training in cancer treatment, research, patient care, and education.
'''Target audience:''' Resident's doctors.
'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/europos-koloproktologu-draugijos-vienas-rezidenturos-centras/].


=== [[hasTraining::Training:_Internships_and_Research_works_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Training: Internships and Research works]] ===
=== [[hasTraining::Training:_Internships_and_Research_works_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Training: Internships and Research works]] ===


'''Primary purpose:''' The National Cancer Institute offers opportunities for students from various Lithuanian universities to engage in practical training, internships, and scientific research across multiple disciplines related to medicine, health, and science.
=== [[hasCourse::Course:_Doctoral_Studies_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Course: Doctoral Studies]] ===
 
'''Target audience:''' Students of medicine, public health, psychology, physiotherapy, biology, genetics, biochemistry, biophysics and other study fields.
 
'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/studentams/].
 
=== Course: Doctoral Studies ===
 
'''Primary purpose:''' The National Cancer Institute (NVI) doesn't offer doctoral studies itself, its mission focuses on conducting high-level oncology research, training scientists, and hosting doctoral students from other institutions who use NVI as a research base to pursue their doctoral studies and contribute to advanced research in the field of oncology.
 
'''Target audience:''' Doctoral students in medicine, biology, biochemistry, ecology and environmental studies, and biophysics.
 
'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/doktoranturos-studijos/].
 
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== Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods ==
== [[hasHospitalCapacityInfo::Novel_Therapies_and_Diagnostic_Methods_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods]] ==
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=== Diagnostics ===
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! Radiology !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Machine || CT scanners || Yes ||
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| Machine || MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) || Yes ||
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| Machine || Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) || Yes/Digital || 9580 (2022)
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| Machine || Ultrasound || Yes ||
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| Machine || Gamma Camera || Yes ||
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| Technique || MRI-guided biopsy || Yes ||
|-
| Technique || Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) || Yes ||
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| Technique || E/S Fine-needle biopsy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Angiography || Yes ||
|-
! Nuclear Medicine !!  !!  !!
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| Type || Name || Availibility || Uses per year
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| Machine || Pet Scan || Yes ||
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| Machine || PET CT || Yes ||
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| Machine || PET/MRI || Yes ||
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| Facility || Radionuclide treatment facilities || Yes ||
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| Machine || SPECT || Yes ||
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| Machine || SPECT CT || Yes ||
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| Technique || Bone scintigraphy || Yes || 5158 (2022)
|-
! Pathology !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Facility || Cytology laboratory || Yes || 8715 (2022)
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| Facility || Histopathology laboratory || Yes ||
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| Technique || FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) || Yes ||
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| Technique || PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) || Yes ||
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| Technique || Cytometry || Yes ||
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| Technique || Liquid biopsy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Techniques for molecular pathology || Yes ||
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! Pathology: Molecular Tests !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Technique || PDL1 || Yes ||
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| Technique || PI3KCA || Yes || 18 (2022)
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| Technique || KRAS || Yes ||
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| Technique || BRAF || Yes || 106 (2022)
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| Technique || EGFR || Yes || 71 (2022)
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| Technique || ALK || Yes ||
|-
| Technique || ROS || Yes ||
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| Technique || HER2 status || Yes ||
|-
! Others !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Technique || Bronchoscopy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Colposcopy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Colonoscopy || Yes || +1000 (yearly)
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| Technique || Hysteroscopy || Yes ||
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=== Treatment ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Surgical Oncology !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Specialist || Breast surgery || Yes || 678 (2022)
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| Specialist || Urological surgery || Yes || 428 (2022)
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| Specialist || Thoracic surgery || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Digestive surgery || Yes || 585 (2022)
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| Specialist || Gynaecological surgery || Yes || 362 (2022)
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| Specialist || Head and neck surgery || Yes || 99 (2022)
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| Specialist || Soft tissue surgery || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Sarcoma surgery || Yes ||
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| Technique || Video-assisted thoracoscopy || Yes ||
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! Radiotherapy !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Facility || Total MegaVoltage units || 4 ||  +51000 (yearly)
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| Machine || Linear accelerators || Yes ||
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| Machine || Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT || Yes || 31125 (2022)
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| Machine || Linear accelerators with IGRT || Yes ||
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| Machine || Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS || Yes ||
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| Machine || Dedicated SRS units || Yes ||
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| Machine || Cobalt Units || Yes ||
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| Machine || Brachytherapy unit || Yes || 720 (yearly)
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| Technique || Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) || Yes ||
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| Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Chemoembolization || Yes ||
|-
| Technique || Total Body Irradiation (TBI) || Yes ||
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| Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Radiosurgery || Yes ||
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| Technique || CT planning || Yes ||
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| Technique || IMRT radiotherapy planning system || Yes || 1910 (2022)
|-
| 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 !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Facility || Transfusion Unit || Yes ||
|-
| Facility || Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) || Yes ||
|-
! Specialists !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Specialist || Physician with a specialisation in palliative care || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Medical oncologist || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Physician specialised in pain treatment || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Radiotherapist || 16 ||
|-
| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || 3 ||
|-
| Specialist || Psychiatrist || 1 ||
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| Specialist || Social worker || 1 ||
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| Specialist || Physiotherapist || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Dietitian || 1 ||
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! Others !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Facility || 24-hour Oncological Emergency Department || Yes || 1519 (2022)
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| Technique || Interventional Endoscopy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Nephrostomy || Yes ||
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| Facility || Clinical Trial Center || Yes ||
|-
| Facility || Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit || Yes ||
|-
| Technique ||  Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Pressurized Air Flow (PIPAC) || Yes ||
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=== Prevention ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Screening and Others !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Facility || Breast cancer screening program || Yes ||
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| Facility || Cervical cancer screening program || Yes ||
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| Facility || Colorectal cancer screening program || Yes ||
|}
=== Palliative Care ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Palliative Care !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Facility || Home palliative care availability || Yes ||
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== Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources ==  
== Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources ==  
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=== Resource: Psychological support group ===
=== [[hasPatientResource::Resource:_Psychological_support_group_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: Psychological support group]] ===


'''Primary purpose:''' To provide a safe and empathetic environment for individuals to share their experiences, emotions, and coping strategies while receiving mutual support from others facing similar challenges.
=== [[hasPatientResource::Resource:_Publications_for_the_patient_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: Publications for the patient]] ===


'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/psichologines-pagalbos-grupe/].
=== [[hasPatientResource::Resource:_The_Patients_School_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: The Patient's School]] ===


=== Resource: Publications for the patient ===
=== [[hasPatientResource::Facility:_Chapel_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Facility: Chapel]] ===
 
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'''Primary purpose:''' Provide a list of guides and publications for the patient, about cancer types, treatments, nutrition, etc.


'''Access Information:''' Information in the publications for the patient section [https://www.nvi.lt/pacientams/].
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=== Resource: The Patient's School ===
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'''Primary purpose:''' To provide information about lectures on various topics related to oncology, including treatments, diagnostics, and supportive care, which can be accessed through videos and live broadcasts via the NVI Facebook account.
<span style="display:none">hasTraining::Training:_Residence_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Training: Residence</span>
 
<span style="display:none">hasTraining::Training:_Internships_and_Research_works_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Training: Internships and Research works</span>
'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/mokymai/].
<span style="display:none">hasCourse::Course:_Doctoral_Studies_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Course: Doctoral Studies</span>
 
<span style="display:none">hasHospitalCapacityInfo::Novel_Therapies_and_Diagnostic_Methods_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods</span>
=== Facility: Chapel ===
<span style="display:none">hasPatientResource::Resource:_Psychological_support_group_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: Psychological support group</span>
 
<span style="display:none">hasPatientResource::Resource:_Publications_for_the_patient_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: Publications for the patient</span>
'''Primary purpose:''' To provide a space for spiritual solace, reflection, and support for patients, their families, and staff dealing with the challenges of cancer.
<span style="display:none">hasPatientResource::Resource:_The_Patients_School_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: The Patient's School</span>
 
<span style="display:none">hasPatientResource::Facility:_Chapel_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Facility: Chapel</span>
'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/koplycia/]
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms</span>
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<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature</span>
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::unknown</span>

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