Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Motol University Hospital)

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Diagnostics

Radiology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	CT scanners	4 (3 in adult area + 1 in pediatric area)	27,504 (2021)
Machine	MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques)	yes (1.5 and 3T; Neurological, Cardiac, Musculoskeletal, Abdominal Imaging and MR angiography)	13,417 (2021)
Machine	Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital)	1 (digital)
Machine	Digitalised imaging (PACS)	yes
Machine	Ultrasound	yes	9,000
Machine	Gamma Camera	1
Technique	Interventional Radiology	yes
Technique	Stereostatic biopsy	yes
Technique	Ultrasound guided biopsy	yes
Technique	Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)	yes
Technique	X-rays	more than 3 (3 in pediatric area + unknown number in adult area)	189,783 (2021)
Technique	Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB)	yes
Technique	Angiography	yes (MRI and CT)
Nuclear Medicine
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Pet Scan	yes
Machine	SPECT	yes
Machine	SPECT CT	2
Technique	Sentinel node scintigraphy	yes
Technique	Bone scintigraphy	yes
Pathology
Type	Name	Availibility	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	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
Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Technique	Bronchoscopy	yes
Technique	Colposcopy	yes
Technique	Video dermatoscopy	yes

Treatment

Surgical Oncology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Specialist	Breast surgery	10
Specialist	Urological surgery	yes
Specialist	Thoracic surgery	yes	448
Specialist	Digestive surgery	yes
Specialist	Neurosurgery	yes
Specialist	Gynaecological surgery	yes
Specialist	Head and neck surgery	17
Specialist	Soft tissue surgery	6
Specialist	Orthopaedic surgery	yes
Specialist	Oncoplastic surgery	6
Specialist	Paediatric surgery		2125 (2022)
Specialist	ENT surgery	yes
Specialist	Sarcoma surgery	7	57
Technique	Video-assisted thoracoscopy	yes
Technique	Robotic surgery	yes
Technique	image guided surgery	yes
Technique	spinal decompression surgery for vertebral metastases	yes
Radiotherapy
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT	3
Machine	Linear accelerators with IGRT	yes
Machine	Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS	yes
Machine	Brachytherapy unit	yes	700 (2022)
Technique	Stereotactic radiotherapy	yes
Technique	Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT)	yes
Technique	Total Body Irradiation (TBI)	yes
Technique	3D conformal radiotherapy	yes
Technique	Respiratory motion management	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
Technique	Autologous bone marrow transplants	yes	25 pediatric (2022)
Specialists
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Specialist	Physician with a specialisation in palliative care	yes
Specialist	Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care	yes
Specialist	Physician specialised in pain treatment	yes
Specialist	Psychologist or Psychotherapist	yes
Specialist	Social worker	yes
Specialist	Spiritual care	yes
Specialist	Physiotherapist	yes
Specialist	Dietitian	yes
Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Technique	Rigid Bronchoscopy	yes
Technique	Venous Accesses	yes

Prevention

Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Lung cancer screening program	yes
Facility	Smoking detoxification center	yes

Quality of Life

Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Supportive care unit	yes
Facility	Survivorship program	yes

Palliative Care

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