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Revision as of 09:57, 31 July 2023
Trials
Trials Search for Patients
Primary Purpose: To provide a tool for patients to find active trials to participate in.
Access: Information [1]
Experts
Learning Resources
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 (type not informed) | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | yes (type not informed) | |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (PACS) | yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | yes | |
| Technique | X-rays | yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | yes | |
| Machine | PET/MRI | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | 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 | FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) | yes | |
| Technique | PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) | yes | |
| Technique | Immunofluorescence techniques | yes | |
| Technique | Histochemistry | yes | |
| Technique | Techniques for molecular pathology | yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PDL1 | yes | |
| Technique | PI3KCA | yes | |
| Technique | ER | yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | yes | |
| Technique | RET | yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | yes | |
| Technique | EGFR | yes | |
| Technique | ALK | yes | |
| Technique | ROS | yes | |
| Technique | HER2 status | yes | |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | 1 | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | Neurosurgery | 3 | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | 3 | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | 3 | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | yes | |
| Technique | spinal decompression surgery for vertebral metastases | yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | 3 | |
| Technique | Stereotactic intra- and extracranial radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) | yes | |
| Technique | Respiratory motion management | yes | |
| Technique | PET CT treatment planning | yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | 2 | more than 600 palliative patients annually |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | 7 | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | 1 | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | 8 | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 6 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 10 | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | 30 | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | 5 | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | 5 | |
| Others | |||
| Technique | Hormonal therapy | yes | |
| Technique | D-J stent | yes |
Quality of Life
| Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Supportive care unit | yes | |
| Facility | Survivorship program | yes |
Association: Patient Advisory Board Cancer Center Kortrijk (PARkk)
Primary purpose: It aims to guarantee an active representation of patients or patients' relatives in the cancer care organization.
Target audience: Patients in cancer treatment, their relatives, and representatives of the Kortrijk Cancer Center.
Access: Information [2]
Course: Creative center workshops
Content type: Provide art workshops as a leisure activity to share feelings and connect with others.
Target audience: Patients in cancer treatment, patients who finished cancer treatment, and their relatives.
Access: Information [3]
Resource: Asem meetings
Content type: It comprises meetings guided by themes that involve coping with feelings, creating connections, and creating a positive mentality.
Target audience: Patients with terminal cancer from the AZ Groeninge Hospital.
Access: Information [4]
Service: Onco-coach
Content type: Nurses promote closer contact between the hospital, the patients, and their relatives. These professionals help the patients deal with the disease and inform them about treatments.
Target audience: Patients in cancer treatment and their relatives.
Access: Information [5]
Service: Stronger on the road
Content type: It is a 12-week exercise program that includes a consultation with a doctor of physical medicine and a biomechanical screening before the physical guidance.
Target audience: Patients in cancer treatment.
Access: Information [6]
Service: Oncological rehabilitation program
Content type: It's a 12-week program that promotes physical rehabilitation and psycho-educational sessions.
Target audience: Patients who finished cancer treatment.
Access: Information [7]
Service: Strong
Content type: It is a 10-month program supplementary to the onco-rehabilitation in which patients can choose to enhance their physical performance in swimming, cycling, or running. The program promotes an individual online training program and group training. It includes a consultation with a doctor of physical medicine, biomechanical screening, and a fitness test.
Target audience: Patients who finished cancer treatment.
Access: Information [8]
Service: Onco@home
Content type: Provides specialized care at home by a trained nurse to prepare the patients for treatments in the day hospital and avoid the number of hospital visits.
Target audience: Oncological and haematological patients treated in AZ Groeninge, Sint-Jozefskliniek Izegem or OLV van Lourdes Hospital Waregem; and who preferably have a Port-a-Cath (implanted catheter).
Access: Information [9]
