Humanitas Research Hospital

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Learning Resources

Courses: Humanitas University

Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods

Diagnostics

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
Machine	High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)	Yes
Machine	Gamma Camera	Yes
Technique	MRI-guided biopsy	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	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Pet Scan	Yes
Machine	PET CT	Yes
Machine	SPECT	Yes
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	Liquid biopsy	Yes
Technique	Cytogenetics	Yes
Pathology: Molecular Tests
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Technique	PDL1	Yes
Technique	KRAS	Yes
Technique	BRAF	Yes
Technique	NTRK	Yes
Technique	RET	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	Colonoscopy	Yes
Technique	Vulvoscopy	Yes
Technique	Hysteroscopy	Yes
Technique	Video dermatoscopy	Yes

Treatment

Surgical Oncology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Specialist	Breast surgery	7
Specialist	Urological surgery	Yes
Specialist	Thoracic surgery	13
Specialist	Digestive surgery	16
Specialist	Neurosurgery	30
Specialist	Gynaecological surgery	Yes
Specialist	Head and neck surgery	Yes
Specialist	Soft tissue surgery	5
Specialist	Orthopaedic surgery	Yes
Specialist	Oncoplastic surgery	7
Specialist	Paediatric surgery	Yes
Specialist	ENT surgery	Yes
Specialist	Sarcoma surgery	5
Technique	Video-assisted thoracoscopy	Yes
Technique	Robotic surgery	Yes
Radiotherapy
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Linear accelerators	5
Machine	Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT	Yes
Machine	Brachytherapy unit	Yes
Technique	Stereotactic radiotherapy	Yes
Technique	Chemoembolization	Yes
Technique	Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave)	Yes
Technique	Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT)	Yes
Technique	Radiosurgery	14
Technique	Adaptive radiotherapy	Yes
Technique	Virtual simulation for treatment planning	Yes
Machine	Gamma Knife	Yes
Machine	TomoTherapy Machines	Yes
Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Transfusion Unit	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	18
Specialist	Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care	Yes
Specialist	Neurologist	Yes
Specialist	Lung physician	14
Specialist	Radiotherapist	Yes
Specialist	Psychologist or Psychotherapist	Yes
Specialist	Psychiatrist	Yes
Specialist	Pharmacist	Yes
Specialist	Social worker	Yes
Specialist	Spiritual care	Yes
Specialist	Physiotherapist	Yes
Specialist	Dietitian	Yes
Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Endoprosthesis	Yes
Technique	Interventional Endoscopy	Yes
Technique	Biliary drainage	Yes
Facility	Clinical Trial Center	Yes
Facility	Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit	Yes
Technique	Peritoneal drainage	Yes

Prevention

Screening and Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Lung cancer screening program	Yes
Facility	Breast cancer screening program	Yes
Facility	Colorectal cancer screening program	Yes
Facility	Smoking detoxification center	Yes

Quality Of Life

Quality of Life
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Survivorship program	Yes
Facility	Acupunture unit	Yes

Palliative Care

Palliative Care
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated)	Yes
Facility	Home palliative care availability	Yes

Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources

Initiative: AYA - Adolescents and Young Adults

Program: Cancer Free Program

Facility: Make-up for Patients

Facility: Hair loss solutions

Resource: Home Palliative Care

Resource: Hospice

Tool: Humanitas With You