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=== Screening: Cancer prevention and screening ===
'''Primary purpose:''' Provides access to imaging services used for cancer screening and early detection, including mammography and virtual colonoscopy.
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=== Diagnostics ===
=== Diagnostics ===
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! Radiology !!  !!  !!  
! Radiology !!  !!  !!  
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name'''|| '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Machine || CT scanners || yes ||  
| Machine || CT scanners || yes ||  
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| Technique || Angiography || yes ||  
| Technique || Angiography || yes ||  
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! Nuclear Medicine !!  !!  !!  
! Nuclear Medicine !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
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! Surgical Oncology !!  !!  !!  
! Surgical Oncology !!  !!  !!  
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Specialist || Breast surgery || 7 ||  
| Specialist || Breast surgery || 7 || 559 (yearly)
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| Specialist || Urological surgery || 12 ||  
| Specialist || Urological surgery || 12 ||  
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| Specialist || Thoracic surgery || 4 ||  
| Specialist || Thoracic surgery || 4 ||  
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| Specialist || Digestive surgery || Yes ||  
| Specialist || Digestive surgery || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Gynaecological surgery || 4 ||  
| Specialist || Gynaecological surgery || 4 ||  
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| Specialist || Head and neck surgery || Yes ||  
| Specialist || Head and neck surgery || yes ||
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| Specialist || Soft tissue surgery || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Oncoplastic surgery || 2 ||  
| Specialist || Oncoplastic surgery || 2 ||  
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| Specialist || Paediatric surgery || yes ||
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| Specialist || ENT surgery || 4 ||  
| Specialist || ENT surgery || 4 ||  
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| Technique || Video-assisted thoracoscopy || Yes ||  
| Specialist || Sarcoma surgery || yes ||
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| Technique || Video-assisted thoracoscopy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Robotic surgery || Yes ||  
| Technique || Robotic surgery || yes ||  
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! Radiotherapy !!  !!  !!  
! Radiotherapy !!  !!  !!  
|-
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Machine || Linear accelerators || yes ||
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| Machine || Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT || yes ||
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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 || Brachytherapy unit || yes ||
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| Technique || Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia (HIPEC) || yes ||
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| Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || yes ||
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| Machine || Linear accelerators || Yes ||  
| Technique || Chemoembolization || yes ||  
|-
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| Machine || Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT || Yes ||  
| Technique || Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) || yes || radiofrequency
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| Machine || Linear accelerators with IGRT || Yes ||  
| Technique || Total Body Irradiation (TBI) || yes ||  
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| Machine || Brachytherapy unit || Yes ||  
| Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || yes ||  
|-
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| Technique || Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) || Yes ||  
| Technique || Radiosurgery || yes ||  
|-
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| Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || Yes ||  
| Technique || Respiratory motion management || yes ||  
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| Technique || Chemoembolization || Yes ||  
| Technique || Conventional simulation || yes ||  
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| Technique || Total Body Irradiation (TBI) || Yes ||  
| Technique || Virtual simulation for treatment planning || yes ||  
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| Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || Yes ||  
| Technique || CT planning || yes ||  
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| Technique || Virtual simulation for treatment planning || Yes ||  
| Technique || IMRT radiotherapy planning system || yes ||  
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| Technique || CT planning || Yes ||  
| Technique || PET CT treatment planning || yes ||  
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| Machine || TomoTherapy Machines || Yes ||  
| Machine || TomoTherapy Machines || yes ||  
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! Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants !!  !!  !!  
! Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants !!  !!  !!  
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
|-
| Facility || Transfusion Unit || yes ||
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| Facility || Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) || yes ||
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| Machine || Cytopheresis machine || yes ||
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| Technique || Quality Vigilance System || yes ||
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| Technique || Allogenic stem cell transplants || Yes ||  
| Technique || Allogenic stem cell transplants || yes ||  
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| Technique || Autologous bone marrow transplants || Yes ||  
| Technique || Autologous bone marrow transplants || yes ||  
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| Technique || Autologous stem cell transplants || Yes ||  
| Technique || Autologous stem cell transplants || yes ||  
|-
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! Specialists !!  !!  !!  
! Specialists !!  !!  !!  
|-
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Specialist || Physician with a specialisation in palliative care || Yes ||  
| Specialist || Physician with a specialisation in palliative care || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Medical oncologist || 6 ||  
| Specialist || Medical oncologist || 6 ||  
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| Specialist || Physician specialised in pain treatment || Yes ||  
| Specialist || Physician specialised in pain treatment || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Lung physician || 4 ||  
| Specialist || Lung physician || 4 ||  
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| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || 1 ||  
| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || 1 ||  
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| Specialist || Pharmacist || Yes ||  
| Specialist || Pharmacist || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Social worker || Yes ||  
| Specialist || Social worker || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Physiotherapist || Yes ||  
| Specialist || Spiritual care || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Dietitian || Yes ||  
| Specialist || Physiotherapist || yes ||
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| Specialist || Dietitian || yes ||  
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! Others !!  !!  !!  
! Others !!  !!  !!  
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| '''Type''' || '''Name'''|| '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availability''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Technique || Interventional Endoscopy || yes ||
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| Technique || Biliary drainage || yes ||
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| Facility || Clinical Trial Center || yes ||
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| Facility || Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit || yes ||
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| Technique || Peritoneal drainage || yes ||
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| Technique || Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Pressurized Air Flow (PIPAC) || yes ||
|}
 
=== Prevention ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Screening and Others !!  !!  !!
|-
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| Technique || Interventional Endoscopy || Yes ||  
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Technique || Biliary drainage || Yes ||  
| Facility || Lung cancer screening program || yes ||  
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| Facility || Clinical Trial Center || Yes ||  
| Facility || Breast cancer screening program || yes ||  
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| Facility || Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit || Yes ||  
| Facility || Cervical cancer screening program || yes ||  
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| Technique || Peritoneal drainage || Yes ||  
| Facility || Colorectal cancer screening program || yes ||  
|}
 
=== Quality of Life ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Quality of Life !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Facility || Supportive care unit || yes ||
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| Facility || Phone/mail contact service || yes ||
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| Facility || Survivorship program || yes ||
|}
 
=== Palliative Care ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Palliative Care !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Technique || Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Pressurized Air Flow (PIPAC) || Yes ||  
| Facility || Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) || 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 12:42, 12 December 2025

forresearchers forpatients forproviders italycountry Go back to Candiolo Cancer Institute page

Click here for a Glossary of terms used in this page

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

Primary purpose: Provides access to imaging services used for cancer screening and early detection, including mammography and virtual colonoscopy.

Contact information: Click here to access.

Diagnostics[edit | edit source]

Radiology
Type Name Availability 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 3500 (yearly)
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 Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) yes
Technique Stereostatic biopsy yes
Technique Ultrasound guided biopsy yes
Technique Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) yes
Technique CT guided biopsis yes
Technique E/S Fine-needle biopsy yes
Technique Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) yes
Technique Angiography yes
Nuclear Medicine
Type Name Availability Uses per year
Machine Pet Scan yes
Machine PET CT yes
Machine PET/MRI yes
Facility Radionuclide treatment facilities yes
Technique Sentinel node scintigraphy yes
Technique Bone scintigraphy yes
Pathology
Type Name Availability Uses per year
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 PI3KCA 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 Availability Uses per year
Technique Bronchoscopy yes
Technique Colposcopy yes
Technique Colonoscopy yes
Technique Vulvoscopy yes
Technique Hysteroscopy yes

Treatment[edit | edit source]

Surgical Oncology
Type Name Availability Uses per year
Specialist Breast surgery 7 559 (yearly)
Specialist Urological surgery 12
Specialist Thoracic surgery 4
Specialist Digestive surgery yes
Specialist Gynaecological surgery 4
Specialist Head and neck surgery yes
Specialist Soft tissue surgery yes
Specialist Oncoplastic surgery 2
Specialist Paediatric surgery yes
Specialist ENT surgery 4
Specialist Sarcoma surgery yes
Technique Video-assisted thoracoscopy yes
Technique Robotic surgery yes
Radiotherapy
Type Name Availability Uses per year
Machine Linear accelerators yes
Machine Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT yes
Machine Linear accelerators with IGRT yes
Machine Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS yes
Machine Brachytherapy unit yes
Technique Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia (HIPEC) yes
Technique Stereotactic radiotherapy yes
Technique Chemoembolization yes
Technique Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) yes radiofrequency
Technique Total Body Irradiation (TBI) yes
Technique 3D conformal radiotherapy yes
Technique Radiosurgery yes
Technique Respiratory motion management yes
Technique Conventional simulation yes
Technique Virtual simulation for treatment planning yes
Technique CT planning yes
Technique IMRT radiotherapy planning system yes
Technique PET CT treatment planning yes
Machine TomoTherapy Machines yes
Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants
Type Name Availability Uses per year
Facility Transfusion Unit yes
Facility Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) yes
Machine Cytopheresis machine yes
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 Availability Uses per year
Specialist Physician with a specialisation in palliative care yes
Specialist Medical oncologist 6
Specialist Physician specialised in pain treatment yes
Specialist Lung physician 4
Specialist Radiotherapist 7
Specialist Psychologist or Psychotherapist 1
Specialist Pharmacist yes
Specialist Social worker yes
Specialist Spiritual care yes
Specialist Physiotherapist yes
Specialist Dietitian yes
Others
Type Name Availability Uses per year
Technique Interventional Endoscopy yes
Technique Biliary drainage yes
Facility Clinical Trial Center yes
Facility Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit yes
Technique Peritoneal drainage yes
Technique Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Pressurized Air Flow (PIPAC) yes

Prevention[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Quality of Life
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Facility Supportive care unit yes
Facility Phone/mail contact service yes
Facility Survivorship program yes

Palliative Care[edit | edit source]

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