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[[Glossary|Click here for a Glossary of terms used in this page]] | |||
=== Screening: Breast cancer prevention and screening === | |||
'''Primary purpose:''' To inform patients how to access the screening service, including who is on the care team, opening hours, contact numbers, address, and parking details. | |||
'''Contact information:''' [https://www.saolta.ie/cancer-centre/luh-cancer-services/breast-centre-northwest Click here to access]. | |||
=== Diagnostics === | === Diagnostics === | ||
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | | '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Technique || Angiography || | | Machine || CT scanners || yes || | ||
|- | |||
| Machine || MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Machine || Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Machine || Ultrasound || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Stereostatic biopsy || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Ultrasound guided biopsy || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || EBUS-TBNA || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || E/S Fine-needle biopsy || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Angiography || yes || | |||
|- | |||
! Nuclear Medicine !! !! !! | |||
|- | |||
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | |||
|- | |||
| Machine || Pet Scan || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Machine || PET CT || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Bone scintigraphy || yes || | |||
|- | |||
! Pathology !! !! !! | |||
|- | |||
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Cytometry || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Techniques for molecular pathology || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Cytogenetics || yes || | |||
|- | |||
! Pathology: Molecular Tests !! !! !! | |||
|- | |||
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || KI-67 || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || PDL1 || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || ER || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || KRAS || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || BRAF || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || EGFR || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || ALK || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || ROS || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || HER2 status || yes || | |||
|- | |||
! Others !! !! !! | |||
|- | |||
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Bronchoscopy || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Colonoscopy || yes || | |||
|} | |} | ||
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | | '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | ||
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| Specialist || | | Specialist || Breast surgery || yes || | ||
|- | |||
| Specialist || Thoracic surgery || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Specialist || Digestive surgery || yes || | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Specialist || | | Specialist || Gynaecological surgery || yes || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Specialist || | | Specialist || Head and neck surgery || yes || | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Specialist || | | Specialist || Orthopaedic surgery || yes || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Specialists !! !! !! | | Specialist || Oncoplastic surgery || yes || | ||
|- | |||
| Specialist || Paediatric surgery || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Specialist || ENT surgery || yes || | |||
|- | |||
! Radiotherapy !! !! !! | |||
|- | |||
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | |||
|- | |||
| Machine || Linear accelerators || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Machine || Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Machine || Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Machine || Brachytherapy unit || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Radiosurgery || yes || | |||
|- | |||
! Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants !! !! !! | |||
|- | |||
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | |||
|- | |||
| Facility || Transfusion Unit || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Autologous bone marrow transplants || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Technique || Autologous stem cell transplants || yes || | |||
|- | |||
! Specialists !! !! !! | |||
|- | |||
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | |||
|- | |||
| Specialist || Neurologist || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Specialist || Radiotherapist || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Specialist || Psychiatrist || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Specialist || Physiotherapist || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Specialist || Dietitian || yes || | |||
|- | |||
! Others !! !! !! | |||
|- | |||
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | |||
|- | |||
| Machine || Endoprosthesis || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Facility || Clinical Trial Center || yes || | |||
|- | |||
| Facility || Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit || yes || | |||
|} | |||
=== Prevention === | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Screening and Others !! !! !! | |||
|- | |- | ||
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year''' | | '''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 || | ||
|} | |} | ||
<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 16:57, 11 December 2025
Go back to Saolta University Cancer Network Galway University Hospitals page
Click here for a Glossary of terms used in this page
Screening: Breast cancer prevention and screening[edit | edit source]
Primary purpose: To inform patients how to access the screening service, including who is on the care team, opening hours, contact numbers, address, and parking details.
Contact information: Click here to access.
Diagnostics[edit | edit source]
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | yes | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | yes | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | yes | |
| Technique | Stereostatic biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | EBUS-TBNA | yes | |
| Technique | E/S Fine-needle biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | yes | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | yes | |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) | yes | |
| Technique | PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) | yes | |
| Technique | Cytometry | yes | |
| Technique | Techniques for molecular pathology | yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | KI-67 | yes | |
| Technique | PDL1 | yes | |
| Technique | ER | yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | yes | |
| Technique | EGFR | yes | |
| Technique | ALK | yes | |
| Technique | ROS | yes | |
| Technique | HER2 status | yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | yes |
Treatment[edit | edit source]
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Orthopaedic surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Paediatric surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Transfusion Unit | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous bone marrow transplants | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Neurologist | yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Endoprosthesis | yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | 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 |