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== Learning Resources ==
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=== Courses: Postgraduate Study Courses ===
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'''Content Type''': The website shows a list of the available courses by period of the year, along with instructions on how to subscribe.
'''Content Type''': The website shows a list of the available courses by period of the year, along with instructions on how to subscribe.


'''Target Audience''': Graduate and post-graduate students.
'''Target Audience''': Graduate and post-graduate students.


'''Access''': Information [https://www.utu.fi/fi/yliopisto/laaketieteellinen-tiedekunta/pge/kurssit]
'''Access''': Information [https://www.utu.fi/fi/yliopisto/laaketieteellinen-tiedekunta/pge/kurssit].


=== Trainigs: Medical Specialist Trainings ===
=== Trainigs: Medical Specialist Trainings ===

Revision as of 13:19, 6 November 2023

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Trials

Experts

Learning Resources

Courses: Postgraduate Study Courses (Turku University Hospital Cancer Centre)

Content Type: The website shows a list of the available courses by period of the year, along with instructions on how to subscribe.

Target Audience: Graduate and post-graduate students.

Access: Information [1].

Trainigs: Medical Specialist Trainings

Content Type: The website shows a list of the available courses. It is possible to filter the trainings offered in Turku.

Target Audience: Graduated medical students.

Access: Information [2]

Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods

Diagnostics

Radiology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine CT scanners Yes
Machine Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) Yes
Machine Gamma Camera Yes
Technique Ultrasound guided biopsy Yes
Technique Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Yes
Nuclear Medicine
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine Pet Scan Yes
Machine PET (PET CT + PET MRI) Yes
Machine PET CT Yes
Machine PET/MRI Yes
Technique Sentinel node scintigraphy Yes
Others
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Technique Bronchoscopy Yes
Technique Colposcopy 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 Neurosurgery Yes
Specialist Gynaecological surgery Yes
Specialist Head and neck surgery Yes
Specialist Soft tissue surgery Yes
Specialist Oncoplastic surgery Yes
Specialist Paediatric surgery Yes
Specialist Sarcoma surgery Yes
Technique Robotic surgery Yes
Radiotherapy
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Technique Respiratory motion management Yes
Technique CT planning Yes
Technique Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning Yes
Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Technique Allogenic stem cell transplants Yes
Technique Autologous stem cell transplants Yes
Specialists
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Specialist Pharmacist Yes
Specialist Social worker Yes
Specialist Physiotherapist Yes
Specialist Dietitian Yes

Prevention

Screening and Others
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Facility Smoking detoxification center Yes

Palliative Care

Palliative Care
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Facility Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) Yes

Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources

Resource: Trials List

Content Type: Provides a tool for patients to find active trials to participate.

Target Audience: Oncological patients.

Access: Information [3].

EHDEN Participation

The Turku University Hospital Cancer Centre is part of the EHDEN Network of Data Partners.

The European Health Data and Evidence Network (EHDEN) aims to standardize European health data using OMOP-CDM to facilitate research. The project creates a federated network of data sources for easy access by researchers and policymakers. Its goal is to improve healthcare outcomes through better data quality and interoperability.

Primary purpose: Provide a dataset used for scientific research under Finnish law.

Type of information: The database contains comprehensive data from public specialist health care and most emergency health care in the area of Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi) for all demographic groups, covering various domains like patient demographics, visits, diagnoses, and treatments.

Data level: Regional level.

Number of records: 765,000 patients.

Data range: 2014 onwards.

Open Data Access: Data is not publicly available. Instructions for data request [4].

Contact information: Contact [5].