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=== Diagnostics ===
=== Diagnostics ===
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| Machine || MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) || yes ||  
| Machine || MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) || yes ||  
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| Machine || Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) || yes ||  
| Machine || Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) || yes || 3000 (yearly)
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| Machine || Digitalised imaging (PACS) || yes ||
| Machine || Ultrasound || yes ||  
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| Machine || Digitalised imaging (RIS) || yes ||  
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| Machine || Ultrasound || yes ||  
| Machine || High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) || yes ||  
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| Machine || Gamma Camera || yes ||  
| Machine || Gamma Camera || yes ||  
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| Technique || MRI-guided biopsy || yes ||  
| Technique || MRI-guided biopsy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) || yes ||
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| Technique || Stereostatic biopsy || yes ||  
| Technique || Stereostatic biopsy || yes ||  
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| Technique || EBUS-TBNA || yes ||  
| Technique || EBUS-TBNA || yes ||  
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| Technique || CT guided biopsis || yes ||
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| Technique || E/S Fine-needle biopsy || yes ||  
| Technique || E/S Fine-needle biopsy || 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''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Machine || PET CT || yes ||  
| Machine || PET CT || yes ||  
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| Machine || PET/MRI || yes ||
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| Facility || Radionuclide treatment facilities || yes ||  
| Facility || Radionuclide treatment facilities || yes ||  
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| Machine || SPECT || yes ||  
| Machine || SPECT || yes ||  
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| Machine || SPECT CT || yes ||
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| Technique || Sentinel node scintigraphy || yes ||  
| Technique || Sentinel node scintigraphy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Bone scintigraphy || yes ||  
| Technique || Bone scintigraphy || yes ||  
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! Pathology !!  !!  !!
! Pathology !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Technique || Cytogenetics || yes ||  
| Technique || Cytogenetics || yes ||  
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! Pathology: Molecular Tests !!  !!  !!  
! Pathology: Molecular Tests !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Technique || PDL1 || yes ||  
| Technique || PDL1 || yes ||  
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| Technique || PI3KCA || yes ||
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| Technique || ER || yes ||  
| Technique || ER || yes ||  
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| Technique || COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS || yes ||  
| Technique || COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS || yes ||  
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! Others !!  !!  !!
! Others !!  !!  !!  
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Technique || Colposcopy || yes ||  
| Technique || Colposcopy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Colonoscopy || yes ||  
| Technique || Vulvoscopy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Hysteroscopy || yes ||  
| Technique || Hysteroscopy || yes ||  
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| Facility || Proton/carbon facilities || yes ||  
| Facility || Proton/carbon facilities || yes ||  
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| Machine || Cobalt Units || yes ||
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| Machine || Brachytherapy unit || yes ||  
| Machine || Brachytherapy unit || yes ||  
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| Technique || Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) || yes ||  
| Technique || Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia (HIPEC) || yes ||  
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| Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || yes ||  
| Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Chemoembolization || yes ||  
| Technique || Chemoembolization || yes ||  
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| Technique || Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) || yes || radiofrequency
| Technique || Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) || yes || radiofrequency
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| Technique || Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) || yes ||
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| Technique || Total Body Irradiation (TBI) || yes ||
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| Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || yes ||  
| Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Proton therapy || yes ||  
| Technique || Proton therapy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Respiratory motion management || yes ||
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| Technique || Adaptive radiotherapy || yes ||  
| Technique || Adaptive radiotherapy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Conventional simulation || yes ||  
| Technique || Conventional simulation || yes ||  
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| Technique || Virtual simulation for treatment planning || yes ||
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| Technique || CT planning || yes ||  
| Technique || CT planning || yes ||  
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| Technique || PET CT treatment planning || yes ||  
| Technique || PET CT treatment planning || yes ||  
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| Machine || Gamma Knife || yes ||  
! Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants !!  !!  !! 
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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! Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants !!  !!  !!
| Facility || Transfusion Unit || yes ||
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| Facility || Bone marrow / stem cell bank || yes ||  
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| Facility || Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) || yes ||  
| Facility || Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) || yes ||  
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| Machine || Cytopheresis machine || yes ||  
| Machine || Cytopheresis machine || yes ||  
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| Technique || Quality Vigilance System || 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 !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''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 || 31 ||
| Specialist || Medical oncologist || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care || 2 ||  
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| Specialist || Nurse with a specialization/certification in oncology || yes ||  
| Specialist || Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Physician specialised in pain treatment || 5 ||  
| Specialist || Physician specialised in pain treatment || 10 ||  
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| Specialist || Neurologist || 4 ||  
| Specialist || Neurologist || 23 ||  
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| Specialist || Lung physician || 10 ||  
| Specialist || Lung physician || 28 ||  
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| Specialist || Radiotherapist || 43 ||  
| Specialist || Radiotherapist || 43 ||  
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| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || 4 ||  
| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Psychiatrist || 3 ||  
| Specialist || Psychiatrist || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Pharmacist || 14 ||  
| Specialist || Pharmacist || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Social worker || 6 ||  
| Specialist || Social worker || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Spiritual care || 3 ||  
| Specialist || Spiritual care || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Physiotherapist || 14 ||  
| Specialist || Physiotherapist || yes ||  
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| Specialist || Dietitian || 11 ||  
| Specialist || Dietitian || 34 ||  
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! Others !!  !!  !!  
! Others !!  !!  !!  
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Machine || Endoprosthesis || yes ||
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| Technique || Interventional Endoscopy || yes ||  
| Technique || Interventional Endoscopy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Nephrostomy || yes ||  
| Technique || Nephrostomy || yes ||  
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| Technique || Biliary drainage || yes ||
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| Facility || Clinical Trial Center || yes ||  
| Facility || Clinical Trial Center || yes ||  
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| Facility || Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit || yes ||  
| Facility || Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit || yes ||  
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| Technique || Peritoneal drainage || yes ||
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| Technique || D-J stent || yes ||  
| Technique || D-J stent || yes ||  
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=== Prevention ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Screening and Others !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Facility || Lung cancer screening program || yes ||
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| Facility || Breast cancer screening program || yes ||
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| Facility || Cervical cancer screening program || yes ||
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| Facility || Colorectal cancer screening program || yes ||
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=== 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 ||
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=== Palliative Care ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Palliative Care !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type'' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Facility || Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) || yes ||
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| 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>

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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 3000 (yearly)
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 EBUS-TBNA 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 Availibility 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 Availibility 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 Availibility 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 Availibility Uses per year
Technique Bronchoscopy yes
Technique Colposcopy yes
Technique Vulvoscopy yes
Technique Hysteroscopy yes

Treatment[edit | edit source]

Surgical Oncology
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Specialist Breast surgery 1 217 (yearly)
Specialist Urological surgery 2
Specialist Thoracic surgery 4
Specialist Digestive surgery 4
Specialist Neurosurgery 4
Specialist Gynaecological surgery yes
Specialist Head and neck surgery yes
Specialist Soft tissue surgery 3
Specialist Orthopaedic surgery 10
Specialist Oncoplastic surgery 13
Specialist Paediatric surgery 8
Specialist ENT surgery 6
Specialist Sarcoma surgery yes
Technique Video-assisted thoracoscopy yes
Technique Robotic surgery yes
Radiotherapy
Type Name Availibility 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
Facility Proton/carbon facilities yes
Machine Brachytherapy unit yes
Technique Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia (HIPEC) yes
Technique Stereotactic radiotherapy yes
Technique Locoregional chemotherapy yes
Technique Chemoembolization yes
Technique Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) yes radiofrequency
Technique Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) yes
Technique Total Body Irradiation (TBI) yes
Technique 3D conformal radiotherapy yes
Technique Radiosurgery yes
Technique Proton therapy yes
Technique Respiratory motion management yes
Technique Adaptive radiotherapy yes
Technique Conventional simulation yes
Technique Virtual simulation for treatment planning 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
Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants
Type Name Availibility 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 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 yes
Specialist Medical oncologist yes
Specialist Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care yes
Specialist Physician specialised in pain treatment 10
Specialist Neurologist 23
Specialist Lung physician 28
Specialist Radiotherapist 43
Specialist Psychologist or Psychotherapist yes
Specialist Psychiatrist yes
Specialist Pharmacist yes
Specialist Social worker yes
Specialist Spiritual care yes
Specialist Physiotherapist yes
Specialist Dietitian 34
Others
Type Name Availibility Uses per year
Machine Endoprosthesis yes
Technique Interventional Endoscopy yes
Technique Embolization with microparticles yes
Technique Nephrostomy yes
Technique Biliary drainage yes
Facility Clinical Trial Center yes
Facility Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit yes
Technique Peritoneal drainage yes
Technique D-J stent 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
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