Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Rijnstate)

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Diagnostics

Radiology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	CT scanners	yes
Machine	slices per machine (CT)	yes	128 slices
Machine	MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques)	yes
Machine	Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital)	yes
Machine	Ultrasound	yes
Machine	Gamma Camera	yes
Technique	MRI-guided biopsy	yes
Technique	Stereostatic 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	Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB)	yes
Technique	Angiography	yes
Nuclear Medicine
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Pet Scan	yes
Machine	PET CT	2	4.000 (per year)
Facility	Radionuclide treatment facilities	yes
Machine	SPECT	yes
Technique	Sentinel node scintigraphy	yes
Technique	Bone scintigraphy	yes
Pathology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Cytology laboratory	yes
Facility	Histopathology laboratory	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	Availibility	Uses per year
Technique	PGR	yes
Technique	KI-67	yes
Technique	ER	yes
Technique	KRAS	yes
Technique	BRAF	yes
Technique	NTRK	yes
Technique	RET	yes
Technique	MET	yes
Technique	EGFR	yes
Technique	ALK	yes
Technique	ROS	yes
Technique	HER2 status	yes
Technique	COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS	yes
Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Technique	Bronchoscopy	yes
Technique	Colposcopy	yes
Technique	Colonoscopy	yes
Technique	Hysteroscopy	yes

Treatment

Surgical Oncology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Specialist	Breast surgery	yes
Specialist	Urological surgery	yes
Specialist	Thoracic surgery	yes
Specialist	Digestive surgery	yes
Specialist	Gynaecological surgery	yes
Specialist	Head and neck surgery	7
Specialist	Soft tissue surgery	2
Specialist	Orthopaedic surgery	10
Specialist	Oncoplastic surgery	4
Specialist	Paediatric surgery	yes
Specialist	ENT surgery	yes
Technique	Video-assisted thoracoscopy	yes
Technique	Robotic surgery	yes
Radiotherapy
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Linear accelerators	4
Machine	Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT	yes
Machine	Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS	yes
Machine	Brachytherapy unit	yes
Technique	Stereotactic radiotherapy	yes
Technique	Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave)	yes	radiofrequency
Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
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	Availibility	Uses per year
Specialist	Physician with a specialisation in palliative care	5
Specialist	Medical oncologist	yes
Specialist	Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care	5
Specialist	Physician specialised in pain treatment	4
Specialist	Neurologist	13
Specialist	Lung physician	8
Specialist	Radiotherapist	yes
Specialist	Psychologist or Psychotherapist	16
Specialist	Psychiatrist	6
Specialist	Pharmacist	11
Specialist	Social worker	yes
Specialist	Spiritual care	1
Specialist	Physiotherapist	38
Specialist	Dietitian	yes
Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Endoprosthesis	yes
Technique	Interventional Endoscopy	yes
Technique	Nephrostomy	yes
Technique	Biliary drainage	yes
Facility	Clinical Trial Center	yes
Facility	Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit	yes
Technique	Peritoneal drainage	yes

Prevention

Screening and Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Lung cancer screening program	yes
Facility	Breast cancer screening program	yes
Facility	Cervical cancer screening program	yes
Facility	Colorectal cancer screening program	yes

Quality of Life

Quality of Life
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Supportive care unit	yes

Palliative Care

Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Home palliative care availability	yes

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