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=== Screening: Cancer prevention and screening ===
'''Primary purpose:''' To inform about the oncology imaging center, outlining its advanced diagnostic technologies, its role in multidisciplinary cancer care and research, and providing practical details on access, location, hours, and contact information for patients and professionals.
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=== Diagnostics ===
=== Diagnostics ===
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Radiology !!  !!  !!  
! Radiology !!  !!  !!  
|-
|-  
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
|-  
| Machine || CT scanners || Yes ||  
| Machine || CT scanners || yes ||  
|-
|-
| Machine || MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) || Yes ||  
| Machine || slices per machine (CT) || yes || 256-slice CT
|-
|-  
| Machine || Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) || Yes ||  
| Machine || MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) || yes || 3T
|-
|-  
| Machine || Digitalised imaging (PACS) || Yes ||  
| Machine || Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) || yes ||  
|-
|-  
| Machine || Digitalised imaging (RIS) || Yes ||  
| Machine || Digitalised imaging (PACS) || yes ||  
|-
|-  
| Machine || Ultrasound || Yes ||  
| Machine || Digitalised imaging (RIS) || yes ||  
|-
|-  
| Machine || High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) || Yes ||  
| Machine || Ultrasound || yes ||  
|-
|-  
| Machine || Gamma Camera || Yes ||  
| Machine || High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) || yes ||  
|-
|-  
! Nuclear Medicine !!  !!  !!
| Machine || Gamma Camera || yes ||
|-
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| Technique || MRI-guided biopsy || yes ||
|-
|-
| Machine || Pet Scan || Yes ||  
| Technique || Stereotatic biopsy || yes ||
|-
|-
| Machine || PET CT || Yes ||  
| Technique || CT guided biopsis || yes ||
|-
|-
| Machine || SPECT || Yes ||  
| Technique || Angiography || yes ||  
|-
|-  
| Machine || SPECT CT || Yes ||  
! Nuclear Medicine !!  !!  !!  
|-
|-  
! Pathology !!  !!  !!
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
|-  
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| Machine || Pet Scan || yes ||  
|-
|-  
| Technique || PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) || Yes ||  
| Machine || PET CT || yes ||
|-
|-
| Technique || Liquid biopsy || Yes ||  
| Facility || Radionuclide treatment facilities || yes ||  
|-
|-  
! Pathology: Molecular Tests !!  !!  !!
| Machine || SPECT || yes ||  
|-
|-  
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| Machine || SPECT CT || yes ||
|-
|-
| Technique || PIK3CA || Yes ||  
| Technique || Sentinel node scintigraphy || yes ||
|-
|-
| Technique || KRAS || Yes ||  
| Technique || Bone scintigraphy || yes ||  
|-
|-  
| Technique || BRAF || Yes ||  
! Pathology !!  !!  !!  
|-
|-  
| Technique || RET || Yes ||  
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
|-
| Technique || MET || Yes ||  
| Machine || Electron microscopy || yes ||
|-
|-
| Technique || EGFR || Yes ||  
| Facility || Cytology laboratory || yes ||
|-
|-
| Technique || HER2 status || Yes ||  
| Facility || Histopathology laboratory || yes ||
|-
|-
| Technique || COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS || 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 || PGR || yes ||
|-
| Technique || KI-67 || yes ||
|-
| Technique || PDL1 || yes ||
|-  
| Technique || PIK3CA || yes ||
|-
| Technique || ER || yes ||  
|-  
| Technique || KRAS || yes ||  
|-  
| Technique || BRAF || 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''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Technique || Colposcopy || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Colonoscopy || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Vulvoscopy || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Video dermatoscopy || yes ||  
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
! Radiotherapy !!  !!  !!  
! Radiotherapy !!  !!  !!  
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Machine || Linear accelerators || yes ||
|-
| Machine || Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT || 2 (2023) ||
|-
| Machine || Linear accelerators with IGRT || yes ||
|-
| Machine || Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS || yes ||
|-
| Machine || Dedicated SRS units || yes ||
|-
| Machine || Brachytherapy unit || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Chemoembolization || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Total Body Irradiation (TBI) || yes ||
|-
| Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Radiosurgery || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Adaptive radiotherapy || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Conventional simulation || yes ||
|-
| Technique || CT planning || yes ||
|-
| Technique || IMRT radiotherapy planning system || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning || yes ||
|-
| Technique || PET CT treatment planning || yes ||
|-
| Machine || TomoTherapy Machines || 2 (2023) ||
|-
! Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Facility || Transfusion Unit || yes ||
|-
| Facility || Bone marrow / stem cell bank || yes ||
|-
| Facility || Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) || yes ||
|-
| Machine || Cytopheresis machine || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Allogenic stem cell 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 || 21 ||
|-
| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || 5 ||
|-
| Specialist || Pharmacist || 13 ||
|-
| Specialist || Spiritual care || yes ||
|-
| Specialist || Dietitian || yes ||
|-
! Others !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Technique || Embolization with microparticles || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Biliary drainage || yes ||
|-
| Facility || Clinical Trial Center || yes ||
|-
| Facility || Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit || yes ||
|-
| Technique || Peritoneal drainage || yes ||
|}
=== Prevention ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Screening and Others !!  !!  !!
|-
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
|-
| Machine || Linear accelerators || Yes ||  
| Facility || Breast cancer screening program || yes ||  
|-
|-
| Machine || Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT || Yes ||  
| Facility || Cervical cancer screening program || yes ||  
|-
|-
| Machine || Linear accelerators with IGRT || Yes ||  
| Facility || Colorectal cancer screening program || yes ||  
|-
|-
| Machine || Brachytherapy unit || Yes ||  
| Facility || Smoking detoxification center || yes ||  
|-
|}
| Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || Yes ||
 
|-
=== Quality of Life ===
| Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || Yes ||
 
|-
{| class="wikitable"
| Machine || TomoTherapy Machines || Yes ||
! Quality of Life !!  !!  !!  
|-
! Specialists !!  !!  !!  
|-
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
|-
| Specialist || Physician with a specialisation in palliative care || Yes ||
| Facility || Supportive care unit || yes ||  
|-
| Specialist || Medical oncologist || Yes ||  
|-
| Specialist || Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care || Yes ||
|-
| Specialist || Physician specialised in pain treatment || Yes ||
|-
| Specialist || Radiotherapist || 21 ||
|-
| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || 5 ||
|-
| Specialist || Pharmacist || 13 ||
|-
| Specialist || Dietitian || Yes ||
|-
! Others !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Facility || Clinical Trial Center || Yes ||
|-
| Facility || Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit || Yes ||  
|}
|}


=== Prevention ===
=== Palliative Care ===


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Screening and Others !!  !!  !!  
! Palliative Care !!  !!  !!  
|-
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
|-
| Facility || Smoking detoxification center || Yes ||  
| Facility || Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) || yes ||
|-
| Facility || Home palliative care availability || yes ||  
|}
|}
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms</span>
<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>
<span style="display:none">isScreening</span>

Latest revision as of 13:37, 12 December 2025

forresearchers forpatients forproviders italycountry Go back to IRCCS - Romagna Institute for the Study of Cancer 'Dino Amadori' page

Click here for a Glossary of terms used in this page

Screening: Cancer prevention and screening[edit | edit source]

Primary purpose: To inform about the oncology imaging center, outlining its advanced diagnostic technologies, its role in multidisciplinary cancer care and research, and providing practical details on access, location, hours, and contact information for patients and professionals.

Contact information: Click here to access.

Diagnostics[edit | edit source]

Radiology
Type Name Availability Uses per year
Machine CT scanners yes
Machine slices per machine (CT) yes 256-slice CT
Machine MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) yes 3T
Machine Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) yes
Machine Digitalised imaging (PACS) yes
Machine Digitalised imaging (RIS) yes
Machine Ultrasound yes
Machine High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) yes
Machine Gamma Camera yes
Technique MRI-guided biopsy yes
Technique Stereotatic biopsy yes
Technique CT guided biopsis yes
Technique Angiography yes
Nuclear Medicine
Type Name Availability Uses per year
Machine Pet Scan yes
Machine PET CT 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 Availability Uses per year
Machine Electron microscopy yes
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 Availability Uses per year
Technique PGR yes
Technique KI-67 yes
Technique PDL1 yes
Technique PIK3CA yes
Technique ER yes
Technique KRAS yes
Technique BRAF 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 Availability Uses per year
Technique Colposcopy yes
Technique Colonoscopy yes
Technique Vulvoscopy yes
Technique Video dermatoscopy yes

Treatment[edit | edit source]

Radiotherapy
Type Name Availability Uses per year
Machine Linear accelerators yes
Machine Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT 2 (2023)
Machine Linear accelerators with IGRT yes
Machine Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS yes
Machine Dedicated SRS units yes
Machine Brachytherapy unit yes
Technique Stereotactic radiotherapy yes
Technique Chemoembolization yes
Technique Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) yes
Technique Total Body Irradiation (TBI) yes
Technique 3D conformal radiotherapy yes
Technique Radiosurgery yes
Technique Adaptive radiotherapy yes
Technique Conventional simulation yes
Technique CT planning yes
Technique IMRT radiotherapy planning system yes
Technique Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning yes
Technique PET CT treatment planning yes
Machine TomoTherapy Machines 2 (2023)
Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants
Type Name Availability Uses per year
Facility Transfusion Unit yes
Facility Bone marrow / stem cell bank yes
Facility Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) yes
Machine Cytopheresis machine yes
Technique Allogenic stem cell 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 21
Specialist Psychologist or Psychotherapist 5
Specialist Pharmacist 13
Specialist Spiritual care yes
Specialist Dietitian yes
Others
Type Name Availability Uses per year
Technique Embolization with microparticles yes
Technique Biliary drainage yes
Facility Clinical Trial Center yes
Facility Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit yes
Technique Peritoneal drainage yes

Prevention[edit | edit source]

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
Facility Smoking detoxification center yes

Quality of Life[edit | edit source]

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

Palliative Care[edit | edit source]

Palliative Care
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Facility Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) yes
Facility Home palliative care availability yes

hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature hasCancerType::unknown isScreening