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== [[hasClinicalTrial::Trials_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Trials]] ==
 
== [[hasExperts::Experts_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Experts]] ==  
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=== Departments ===
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-9/ Anesthesiology, resuscitation and operating room]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-12/ Brachytherapy]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-18/ Breast Surgery and Oncology]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-32/ Chemotherapy]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-28/ Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-10/ General and Abdominal Surgery and Oncology]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktao/ Head, Neck and Skin Tumor Surgery]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-34/ High-energy radiation therapy]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-36/ Medical Physics]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-22/ Oncogynecology]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-19/ Oncology]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-23/ Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-33/ Radiotherapy]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kontaktai-14/ Thoracic Surgery and Oncology]'''
=== Competence Centers ===
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/kompetencijos-centrai/ Breast Cancer]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/gastrointestiniu-bei-hepatopankreatobilijines-sistemos-ligu-kompetencijos-centras/ Diseases of the gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatobiliary system]'''
'''[https://www.nvi.lt/prostatos-vezio-kompetencijos-centras/ Prostate Cancer]'''
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== Learning Resources ==
== Learning Resources ==
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=== Training: Residence ===
=== [[hasTraining::Training:_Residence_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Training: Residence]] ===
 
'''Primary purpose:''' Provide medicine residents an interdisciplinary training in cancer treatment, research, patient care, and education.
 
'''Target audience:''' Resident's doctors.
 
'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/europos-koloproktologu-draugijos-vienas-rezidenturos-centras/].
 
=== Training: Internships and Research works ===
 
'''Primary purpose:''' The National Cancer Institute offers opportunities for students from various Lithuanian universities to engage in practical training, internships, and scientific research across multiple disciplines related to medicine, health, and science.
 
'''Target audience:''' Students of medicine, public health, psychology, physiotherapy, biology, genetics, biochemistry, biophysics and other study fields.
 
'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/studentams/].
 
=== Course: Doctoral Studies ===
 
'''Primary purpose:''' The National Cancer Institute (NVI) doesn't offer doctoral studies itself, its mission focuses on conducting high-level oncology research, training scientists, and hosting doctoral students from other institutions who use NVI as a research base to pursue their doctoral studies and contribute to advanced research in the field of oncology.
 
'''Target audience:''' Doctoral students in medicine, biology, biochemistry, ecology and environmental studies, and biophysics.


'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/doktoranturos-studijos/].
=== [[hasTraining::Training:_Internships_and_Research_works_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Training: Internships and Research works]] ===


=== [[hasCourse::Course:_Doctoral_Studies_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Course: Doctoral Studies]] ===
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== Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods ==
== [[hasHospitalCapacityInfo::Novel_Therapies_and_Diagnostic_Methods_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods]] ==
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=== Diagnostics ===
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! Radiology !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Machine || CT scanners || Yes ||
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| Machine || MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) || Yes ||
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| Machine || Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) || Yes/Digital || 9580 (2022)
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| Machine || Ultrasound || Yes ||
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| Machine || Gamma Camera || Yes ||
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| Technique || MRI-guided biopsy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) || Yes ||
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| Technique || E/S Fine-needle biopsy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Angiography || Yes ||
|-
! Nuclear Medicine !!  !!  !!
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| Type || Name || Availibility || Uses per year
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| Machine || Pet Scan || Yes ||
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| Machine || PET CT || Yes ||
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| Machine || PET/MRI || Yes ||
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| Facility || Radionuclide treatment facilities || Yes ||
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| Machine || SPECT || Yes ||
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| Machine || SPECT CT || Yes ||
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| Technique || Bone scintigraphy || Yes || 5158 (2022)
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! Pathology !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Facility || Cytology laboratory || Yes || 8715 (2022)
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| Facility || Histopathology laboratory || Yes ||
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| Technique || FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) || Yes ||
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| Technique || PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) || Yes ||
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| Technique || Cytometry || Yes ||
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| Technique || Liquid biopsy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Techniques for molecular pathology || Yes ||
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! Pathology: Molecular Tests !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Technique || PDL1 || Yes ||
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| Technique || PI3KCA || Yes || 18 (2022)
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| Technique || KRAS || Yes ||
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| Technique || BRAF || Yes || 106 (2022)
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| Technique || EGFR || Yes || 71 (2022)
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| Technique || ALK || Yes ||
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| Technique || ROS || Yes ||
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| Technique || HER2 status || Yes ||
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! Others !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Technique || Bronchoscopy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Colposcopy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Colonoscopy || Yes || +1000
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| Technique || Hysteroscopy || Yes ||
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=== Treatment ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Surgical Oncology !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Specialist || Breast surgery || Yes || 678 (2022)
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| Specialist || Urological surgery || Yes || 428 (2022)
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| Specialist || Thoracic surgery || Yes || 208 (2022)
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| Specialist || Digestive surgery || Yes || 585 (2022)
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| Specialist || Gynaecological surgery || Yes || 362 (2022)
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| Specialist || Head and neck surgery || Yes || 99 (2022)
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| Specialist || Soft tissue surgery || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Sarcoma surgery || Yes ||
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| Technique || Video-assisted thoracoscopy || Yes ||
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! Radiotherapy !!  !!  !!
|-
| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Facility || Total MegaVoltage units || 4 ||  +51000
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| Machine || Linear accelerators || Yes ||
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| Machine || Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT || Yes || 31125 (2022)
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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 || Dedicated SRS units || Yes ||
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| Machine || Cobalt Units || Yes ||
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| Machine || Brachytherapy unit || Yes || 720
|-
| Technique || Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) || Yes ||
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| Technique || Stereotactic radiotherapy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Chemoembolization || Yes ||
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| Technique || Total Body Irradiation (TBI) || Yes ||
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| Technique || 3D conformal radiotherapy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Radiosurgery || Yes ||
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| Technique || CT planning || Yes ||
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| Technique || IMRT radiotherapy planning system || Yes || 1910 (2022)
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| Technique || Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning || Yes ||
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| Technique || PET CT treatment planning || Yes ||
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! Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants !!  !!  !! 
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Facility || Transfusion Unit || Yes ||
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| Facility || Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) || Yes ||
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! Specialists !!  !!  !!
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| Type || Name || Availibility || Uses per year
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| Specialist || Physician with a specialisation in palliative care || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Medical oncologist || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Physician specialised in pain treatment || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Radiotherapist || Yes || 16
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| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || Yes || 3
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| Specialist || Psychiatrist || Yes || 1
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| Specialist || Social worker || Yes || 1
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| Specialist || Physiotherapist || Yes ||
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| Specialist || Dietitian || Yes || 1
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! Others !!  !!  !! 
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Facility || 24-hour Oncological Emergency Department || Yes || 1519 (2022)
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| Technique || Interventional Endoscopy || Yes ||
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| Technique || Nephrostomy || 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 ||  Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Pressurized Air Flow (PIPAC) || 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 || 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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=== Palliative Care ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Palliative Care !!  !!  !!
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| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
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| Facility || Home palliative care availability || Yes ||
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== Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources ==  
== Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources ==  
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=== Resource: Psychological support group ===
=== [[hasPatientResource::Resource:_Psychological_support_group_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: Psychological support group]] ===


'''Primary purpose:''' To provide a safe and empathetic environment for individuals to share their experiences, emotions, and coping strategies while receiving mutual support from others facing similar challenges.
=== [[hasPatientResource::Resource:_Publications_for_the_patient_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: Publications for the patient]] ===


'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/psichologines-pagalbos-grupe/].
=== [[hasPatientResource::Resource:_The_Patients_School_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: The Patient's School]] ===


=== Resource: Publications for the patient ===
=== [[hasPatientResource::Facility:_Chapel_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Facility: Chapel]] ===
 
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'''Primary purpose:''' Provide a list of guides and publications for the patient, about cancer types, treatments, nutrition, etc.


'''Access Information:''' Information in the publications for the patient section [https://www.nvi.lt/pacientams/].
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=== Resource: The Patient's School ===
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'''Primary purpose:''' To provide information about lectures on various topics related to oncology, including treatments, diagnostics, and supportive care, which can be accessed through videos and live broadcasts via the NVI Facebook account.
<span style="display:none">hasTraining::Training:_Residence_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Training: Residence</span>
 
<span style="display:none">hasTraining::Training:_Internships_and_Research_works_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Training: Internships and Research works</span>
'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/mokymai/].
<span style="display:none">hasCourse::Course:_Doctoral_Studies_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Course: Doctoral Studies</span>
 
<span style="display:none">hasHospitalCapacityInfo::Novel_Therapies_and_Diagnostic_Methods_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods</span>
=== Facility: Chapel ===
<span style="display:none">hasPatientResource::Resource:_Psychological_support_group_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: Psychological support group</span>
 
<span style="display:none">hasPatientResource::Resource:_Publications_for_the_patient_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: Publications for the patient</span>
'''Primary purpose:''' To provide a space for spiritual solace, reflection, and support for patients, their families, and staff dealing with the challenges of cancer.
<span style="display:none">hasPatientResource::Resource:_The_Patients_School_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Resource: The Patient's School</span>
 
<span style="display:none">hasPatientResource::Facility:_Chapel_(National_Cancer_Institute)|Facility: Chapel</span>
'''Access Information:''' Information [https://www.nvi.lt/koplycia/]
<span style="display:none">hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms</span>
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<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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