Institut Paoli-Calmettes

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Doctors and caregivers by area and specialty

Learning Resources

Training: Master in Health Biology

Content Type: It has three main objectives - Train and prepare Health and Sciences students for university thesis studies in sciences; Provide Master's level technical training in Biological Sciences aligned with their career goals; Offer scientific training to students from Mediterranean universities (Algeria and Morocco) to encourage academic careers in their home country.

Target Audience: Students from Health (interns in medicine, pharmacy, and odontology) and Sciences (bachelors in biology) areas.

Access: Information [1].

Training: Specialized Trainings (DESU, DESIU, DU, IUD, AND CU) (Institut Paoli-Calmettes)

Content Type: Provide in-depth knowledge and training in the field of diagnostic and therapeutic innovations in many oncology areas. The areas are Clinical Oncology, Onco-gynecology, Senology, Breast Reconstruction And Oncoplastic Surgery, Recourse In Oncology Senology, Oncological Surgery, Oncogenetics And Adult Genetic Pathologies, Oncogenetics And Adult Genetic Pathologies, Allograft Of Hematopoietic Stem Cells, High Level Sport And Coaching In Oncology.

Target Audience: Specialist doctors, Medical residents (DES interns), DESC – DIS students, pharmacists and veterinarians, general practitioners within the framework of the Continuing Medical Education (FMC) and nurses with a view to specialization.

Access: Information [2].

Training: Specialized Training in Oncology (DESC)

Content Type: Provides additional specialized training to medical professionals who have already completed their initial medical education and obtained a primary specialization.

Target Audience: Medical Residents holding or in the process of obtaining a postgraduate medical degree (D.E.S.).

Access: Information [3]

Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods

Diagnostics

Radiology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	CT scanners	4
Machine	MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques)	2
Machine	Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital)	2
Machine	Ultrasound	2
Machine	Gamma Camera	2
Technique	MRI-guided biopsy	yes
Technique	Ultrasound guided biopsy	yes
Technique	Angiography	yes
Nuclear Medicine
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Pet Scan	2
Machine	PET CT	2
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	Liquid biopsy	yes
Technique	Cytogenetics	yes
Pathology: Molecular Tests
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Technique	PGR	yes
Technique	ER	yes
Technique	KRAS	yes
Technique	BRAF	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	Colposcopy	yes
Technique	Colonoscopy	yes

Treatment

Surgical Oncology
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Specialist	Breast surgery	10
Specialist	Urological surgery	3
Specialist	Digestive surgery	8
Specialist	Gynaecological surgery	8
Specialist	Head and neck surgery	yes
Specialist	Soft tissue surgery	yes
Specialist	ENT surgery	yes
Specialist	Sarcoma surgery	1
Technique	Robotic surgery	2
Technique	image guided surgery	3 rooms
Radiotherapy
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Machine	Linear accelerators	5
Machine	Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS	yes
Machine	Brachytherapy unit	yes
Machine	Intrabeam	1
Technique	Treatment Planning System	yes
Technique	Stereotactic radiotherapy	yes
Technique	Chemoembolization	yes
Technique	Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave)	yes
Technique	Adaptive radiotherapy	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	Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)	yes
Facility	Number of laminar flow rooms	80 (2021)
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	Physician specialised in pain treatment	yes
Specialist	Radiotherapist	yes
Specialist	Psychologist or Psychotherapist	yes
Specialist	Social worker	yes
Specialist	Physiotherapist	yes
Specialist	Dietitian	yes
Others
Type	Name	Availibility	Uses per year
Technique	Interventional Endoscopy	yes

Prevention

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

Palliative Care

Others
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

Resources: Trials List

Content Type: Provides a tool for patients to find active trials to participate.

Target Audience: Oncological patients.

Access: Information [4]

Resources: Wellness treatments

Content Type: It provides services that stimulate well-being and helps patients cope with the disease. They offer sophrology sessions, energy resonance sessions by skin stimulation (resc), meditation sessions, hypnosis sessions, aesthetic care, and smoking cessation service.

Target Audience: Patients.

Access: Information [5]