European Institute of Oncology: Difference between revisions

Primary purpose: To support the career of highly motivated researchers of any nationality by providing them with all the tools necessary to become a successful independent scientist.

Target audience: Doctors with a PhD.

Information: Information [1].

Course: SEMM – Doctoral Programs (PHD)

Primary purpose: The purpose of the European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM) is to train experts through the three offered PhD programs: Molecular Oncology, Computational Biology and Foundational and Ethical Aspects of Life Sciences.

Target audience: Doctors with a Master's degree.

Information: Information [2].

Course: Master's Degree in Psycho-Oncology

Primary purpose: To train specialists in providing psychological assistance to cancer patients, their families, and healthcare professionals.

Target audience: Psychologists and Doctors.

Information: Information [3].

Course: Master's Degree in Biomedical Omics

Primary purpose: To train specialists in omics technologies who will work in clinical or research laboratories or biotech companies.

Target audience: Graduates in biology, biotechnology, chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences.

Information: Information [4].

Course: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Primary purpose: To develop students' clinical reasoning skills, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities for any generalist field, with a particular emphasis on relational and self-knowledge skills informed by the experience of an oncological facility.

Target audience: Anyone.

Information: Information [5].

Course: Specialization in Methodology and Ethics of Oncological Clinical Trials

Primary purpose: To equip professionals and researchers with methodological, regulatory, and bioethical knowledge necessary to conduct clinical trials, particularly in oncology.

Target audience: Oncologists or specializing in oncology, investigators, research nurses, healthcare professionals, data managers, monitors, biologists and biotechnologists researchers, bioinformatics and biostatisticians, clinical and research psychologists, bioethicists, biolaw experts, medical examiners, medical humanities researchers.

Information: Information [6].

Course: IEO Web Education

Primary purpose: Provide high quality educational content online.

Target audience: Healthcare professionals.

Information: Information [7].

Observanship: Clinical Observer

Primary purpose: Give doctors the opportunity to learn from the clinical activities at IEO.

Target audience: Doctors.

Information: Information [8].

Training: ESAGON

Primary purpose: To provide advanced post-graduate training in gynaecologic oncology, focusing on innovative technology and a multidisciplinary approach, with a special emphasis on the management of ovarian cancer.

Target audience: Doctors.

Information: Information [9].

Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods

Screening: IEO Check Up

Primary purpose: Provide a careful evaluation of the patient's health.

Contact information: Contact [10].

Diagnostics

Radiology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	CT scanners	Yes	Total: 23,045 (2021) / Low-dose: 625 (2021)
Machine	MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques)	Yes	15,395 (2021)
Machine	Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital)	Yes	Total: 31,893 (2021) / Screening: 8,913 (2021)
Machine	Ultrasound	Yes	Breast: 1,429 (2021)
Machine	High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)	Yes
Machine	Gamma Camera	1
Technique	Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB)	Yes
Technique	Percutaneous biopsy	Yes
Technique	EBUS-TBNA	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	5,558 (2021)
Machine	PET CT	2
Machine	SPECT	Yes
Machine	SPECT CT	1
Technique	Sentinel node scintigraphy	Yes
Technique	Bone scintigraphy	Yes
Pathology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Hemolymphopathological diagnosis unit	Yes
Facility	Cytology laboratory	Yes
Technique	FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization)	Yes
Technique	PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)	Yes
Technique	Cytometry	Yes
Technique	Liquid biopsy	Yes
Technique	Cytogenetics	Yes
Machine	Microhistological sampling	Yes
Pathology: Molecular Tests
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Technique	KRAS	Yes
Technique	EGFR	Yes
Technique	ALK	Yes
Technique	ROS	Yes
Technique	HER2 status	Yes
Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Eletromagnetic Navigator	Yes
Machine	iScan	Yes
Machine	NBI (Narrow Band Imaging)	Yes
Technique	Colonoscopy	Yes	178 (2021)
Technique	Bronchology	Yes	900 (Anually)
Technique	Pleuroscopy	Yes
Technique	Video dermatoscopy	Yes
Technique	Confocal laser microscopy	Yes

Treatment

Surgical Oncology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Specialist	Breast surgery	Yes
Specialist	Urological surgery	Yes
Specialist	Thoracic surgery	Yes
Specialist	Digestive surgery	Yes
Specialist	Gynaecological surgery	Yes
Specialist	Head and neck surgery	Yes
Specialist	Soft tissue surgery	Yes
Specialist	Oncoplastic surgery	Yes
Technique	Sentinel lymph node biopsy	Yes
Technique	Nipple-sparing mastectomy	Yes
Technique	Robotic surgery	Yes
Radiotherapy
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Linear accelerators	6
Machine	Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT	Yes
Machine	Linear accelerators with IGRT	Yes
Machine	Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS	Yes
Machine	Brachytherapy unit	Yes
Machine	Intrabeam	Yes
Technique	Treatment Planning System	Yes
Technique	Stereotactic intra- and extracranial radiotherapy	Yes
Technique	Locoregional chemotherapy	Yes
Technique	Chemoembolization	Yes
Technique	Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave)	Yes
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
Machine	CyberKnife	Yes
Machine	TomoTherapy Machines	3
Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Bone marrow / stem cell bank	Yes
Technique	Cell Sorting Service	Yes	500 (Anually)
Technique	Stem Cell Processing for Transportation	Yes	80 (Anually)
Technique	Leukapheresis	Yes
Technique	Allogenic stem cell transplants	Yes
Technique	Autologous 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	Yes
Specialist	Lung physician	Yes
Specialist	Radiotherapist	Yes
Specialist	Psychologist or Psychotherapist	Yes
Specialist	Pharmacist	Yes
Specialist	Spiritual care	Yes
Specialist	Physiotherapist	Yes
Specialist	Dietitian	Yes
Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	24-hour Oncological Emergency Department	Yes
Machine	Electrocoagulant Forceps	Yes
Machine	Bipolar Scissors	Yes
Machine	Intraoperative Ultrasound	Yes
Machine	Intraoperative Doppler	Yes
Machine	Intraoperative microscope	Yes
Machine	CO2 laser	Yes
Machine	Magnifying microsurgical goggles	Yes
Machine	Endoprosthesis	Yes
Technique	Ultrasound dye-assisted surgery (USDAS)	Yes
Technique	Laser therapy	Yes
Technique	Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP)	Yes
Technique	Laser Conization	Yes
Technique	Rigid Bronchoscopy	Yes
Technique	Embolization with microparticles	Yes
Technique	Uterine fibroids embolization	Yes
Technique	Embolization with microcoils	Yes
Technique	Nephrostomy	Yes
Technique	Biliary drainage	Yes
Technique	Venous Accesses	Yes

Cancer-related Patient Associations and Resources

Facility: Anti-smoking Center

Primary purpose: To help individuals quit smoking, particularly improving health and treatment outcomes in cancer patients.

Contact information: Contact [11].

Tool: Clinical Trial Search

Primary purpose: Help patients find clinical trials in that they can participate.

Information: Information [12].

Resource: CARE Program

Primary purpose: To provide continuous medical support and 24-hour on-call assistance for patients with hematological malignancies, helping them manage unexpected signs or symptoms and emergencies that may arise due to their disease or treatment.

Information: Contact [13].

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+=== Diagnostics ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Radiology !!  !!  !!
+|-
+| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
+|-
+| Machine || CT scanners || Yes || Total: 23,045 (2021) / Low-dose: 625 (2021)
+|-
+| Machine || MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) || Yes || 15,395 (2021)
+|-
+| Machine || Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) || Yes || Total: 31,893 (2021) / Screening: 8,913 (2021)
+|-
+| Machine || Ultrasound || Yes || Breast: 1,429 (2021)
+|-
+| Machine || High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Gamma Camera || 1 ||
+|-
+| Technique || Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Percutaneous biopsy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || EBUS-TBNA || 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 || 5,558 (2021)
+|-
+| Machine || PET CT || 2 ||
+|-
+| Machine || SPECT || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || SPECT CT || 1 ||
+|-
+| Technique || Sentinel node scintigraphy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Bone scintigraphy || Yes ||
+|-
+! Pathology !!  !!  !!
+|-
+| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
+|-
+| Facility || Hemolymphopathological diagnosis unit || Yes ||
+|-
+| Facility || Cytology laboratory || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Cytometry || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Liquid biopsy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Cytogenetics || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Microhistological sampling || Yes ||
+|-
+! Pathology: Molecular Tests !!  !!  !!
+|-
+| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
+|-
+| Technique || KRAS || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || EGFR || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || ALK || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || ROS || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || HER2 status || Yes ||
+|-
+! Others !!  !!  !!
+|-
+| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
+|-
+| Machine || Eletromagnetic Navigator || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || iScan || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || NBI (Narrow Band Imaging) || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Colonoscopy || Yes || 178 (2021)
+|-
+| Technique || Bronchology || Yes || 900 (Anually)
+|-
+| Technique || Pleuroscopy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Video dermatoscopy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Confocal laser microscopy || Yes
+|}
+=== Treatment ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+! Surgical Oncology !!  !!  !!
+|-
+| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
+|-
+| Specialist || Breast surgery || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Urological surgery || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Thoracic surgery || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Digestive surgery || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Gynaecological surgery || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Head and neck surgery || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Soft tissue surgery || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Oncoplastic surgery || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Sentinel lymph node biopsy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Nipple-sparing mastectomy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Robotic surgery || Yes ||
+|-
+! Radiotherapy !!  !!  !!
+|-
+| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
+|-
+| Machine || Linear accelerators || 6 ||
+|-
+| Machine || Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Linear accelerators with IGRT || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Brachytherapy unit || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Intrabeam || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Treatment Planning System || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Stereotactic intra- and extracranial radiotherapy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Locoregional chemotherapy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Chemoembolization || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) || Yes ||
+|-
+| 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 ||
+|-
+| Machine || CyberKnife || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || TomoTherapy Machines || 3 ||
+|-
+! Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants !!  !!  !!
+|-
+| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
+|-
+| Facility || Bone marrow / stem cell bank || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Cell Sorting Service || Yes || 500 (Anually)
+|-
+| Technique || Stem Cell Processing for Transportation || Yes || 80 (Anually)
+|-
+| Technique || Leukapheresis || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Allogenic stem cell transplants || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Autologous 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 || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Lung physician || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Radiotherapist || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Psychologist or Psychotherapist || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Pharmacist || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Spiritual care || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Physiotherapist || Yes ||
+|-
+| Specialist || Dietitian || Yes ||
+|-
+! Others !!  !!  !!
+|-
+| '''Type''' || '''Name''' || '''Availibility''' || '''Uses per year'''
+|-
+| Facility || 24-hour Oncological Emergency Department || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Electrocoagulant Forceps || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Bipolar Scissors || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Intraoperative Ultrasound || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Intraoperative Doppler || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Intraoperative microscope || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || CO2 laser || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Magnifying microsurgical goggles || Yes ||
+|-
+| Machine || Endoprosthesis || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Ultrasound dye-assisted surgery (USDAS) || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Laser therapy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Laser Conization  || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Rigid Bronchoscopy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Embolization with microparticles || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Uterine fibroids embolization || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Embolization with microcoils || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Nephrostomy || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Biliary drainage || Yes ||
+|-
+| Technique || Venous Accesses || Yes
+|}
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European Institute of Oncology: Difference between revisions

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Course: SEMM - Postdoc Program