Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Institut Jules Bordet)

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Diagnostics

Radiology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	CT scanners	3
Machine	MRI	2 (high field-strength MR imaging with a linear accelerator in a single system)
Machine	Mammography	yes (digital)
Machine	Ultrasound	yes
Machine	High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)	yes
Machine	Gamma Camera	1
Technique	Interventional Radiology	yes
Technique	MRI-guided biopsy	yes
Technique	Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB)	yes
Technique	Ultrasound guided biopsy	yes
Technique	X-rays	yes
Technique	CT guided biopsis	yes
Technique	E/S Fine-needle biopsy	yes
Technique	Angiography	yes
Nuclear Medicine
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Pet Scan	yes
Machine	PET CT	yes
Machine	PET/MRI	yes
Facility	Radionuclide treatment facilities	yes
Machine	SPECT	1
Machine	SPECT CT	1
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	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	PI3KCA	yes
Technique	BRAF	yes
Technique	NTRK	yes
Technique	RET	yes
Technique	MET	yes
Technique	COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS	yes
Technique	KRAS	yes
Technique	EGFR	yes
Technique	ALK	yes
Technique	ROS	yes
Technique	HER2 status	yes
Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Technique	Laser Capture/Cutting Microdissection (LCM)	yes

Treatment

Surgical Oncology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Specialist	Breast surgery	5
Specialist	Urological surgery	yes
Specialist	Thoracic surgery	6
Specialist	Digestive surgery	6
Specialist	Gynaecological surgery	5
Specialist	Head and neck surgery	6
Specialist	Soft tissue surgery	4
Specialist	Orthopaedic surgery	2
Specialist	Oncoplastic surgery	4
Specialist	ENT surgery	yes
Specialist	Sarcoma surgery	yes
Technique	Robotic surgery	yes
Technique	image guided surgery	yes
Radiotherapy
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Linear accelerators	yes
Machine	Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT	4
Machine	Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS	yes
Facility	Proton/carbon facilities	yes
Machine	Brachytherapy unit	2 (low dose -LDR- and high dose -HDR- units)
Technique	Treatment Planning System	yes
Technique	Stereotactic intra- and extracranial radiotherapy	yes
Technique	Locoregional chemotherapy	yes
Technique	Chemoembolization	yes
Technique	Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT)	yes
Technique	Total Body Irradiation (TBI)	yes
Technique	Radiosurgery	yes
Technique	Proton therapy	yes
Technique	Respiratory motion management	yes
Technique	Adaptive radiotherapy	yes
Technique	Conventional simulation	yes
Technique	CT planning	yes
Machine	Gamma Knife	yes
Machine	CyberKnife	yes
Machine	TomoTherapy Machines	yes
Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Bone marrow / stem cell bank	3
Facility	Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)	yes
Facility	Number of laminar flow rooms	6
Facility	Number of sterile rooms	12
Machine	Cytopheresis machine	yes
Technique	Allogenic stem cell transplants	yes	35
Technique	Autologous stem cell transplants	yes	35
Specialists
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Specialist	Physician with a specialisation in palliative care	1
Specialist	Medical oncologist	yes
Specialist	Physician specialised in pain treatment	yes
Specialist	Radiotherapist	10
Specialist	Psychologist or Psychotherapist	15
Specialist	Psychiatrist	yes
Specialist	Pharmacist	15
Specialist	Social worker	yes
Specialist	Spiritual care	yes
Specialist	Physiotherapist	yes
Specialist	Dietitian	6
Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Clinical Trial Center	yes

Prevention

Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Facility	Smoking detoxification center	yes

Quality of Life

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