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Revision as of 12:09, 8 November 2023
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Experts
Learning Resources
Program: Cancer Education Program
Primary purpose: To provide a comprehensive and integrated education platform in cancer research and care.
Target audience: Scientists, clinical fellows, postdoctoral fellows and healthcare professionals.
Access Information: Information [1].
Course: Radiation Therapy
Primary purpose: To provide a comprehensive education in Radiation Therapy, with undergraduate and postgraduate (BSc, MSc, and PhD) opportunities.
Target audience: Students seeking BSc, MSc, and PhD qualifications in Radiation Therapy.
Access Information: Information [2].
Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods
Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | Yes | 29.096 (2021) |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | Yes | 9.576 (2021) |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | Yes | 9.561 (2021) |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (PACS) | Yes | 323.000 (2007) |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (RIS) | Yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | Yes | 22.943 (2021) |
| 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 | EBUS-TBNA | 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 | 11.175 (2021) |
| Facility | Radionuclide treatment facilities | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | 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 | Immunofluorescence techniques | Yes | |
| Technique | Techniques for molecular pathology | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | Yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PDL1 | Yes | |
| Technique | PI3KCA | Yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | Yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | Yes | |
| Technique | NTRK | Yes | |
| Technique | RET | Yes | |
| Technique | MET | 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 | Hysteroscopy | 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 | Orthopaedic surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Locoregional chemotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | Yes | |
| Technique | Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | Yes/radiofrequency | |
| Technique | Total Body Irradiation (TBI) | Yes | 124 (2018) |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Respiratory motion management | Yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | Yes | |
| Technique | Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning | Yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Transfusion Unit | Yes | |
| Facility | Bone marrow / stem cell bank | Yes | |
| Technique | Quality Vigilance System | Yes | |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Technique | Autologous bone marrow transplants | Yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | Yes | 81 (2021) |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | 12 | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | 2 | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | 7 | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | 10 | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | 5 | |
| 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 | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | Yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | Yes |
Prevention
| Screening and Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| 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 | Supportive care unit | Yes | |
| Facility | Survivorship program | 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 |
Facility: Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care
Primary purpose: To offer compassionate support to patients, their families, and staff through professionally trained chaplains representing various faiths, contributing to holistic patient-centered care.
Access Information: Information [3].
Resource: Cultural Diversity and Disability
Primary purpose: To ensure accessibility of services for patients by offering assistance such as wheelchair use and language interpretation, with advance notice through designated contact numbers.
Access Information: Information [4].
Resource: Smoking Cessation Service
Primary purpose: To provide support and advice to help patients quit smoking through consultations, a six-week program, and nicotine replacement therapy, contributing to a smoke-free campus environment.
Access Information: Information [5].
Resource: Daffodil Centre
Primary purpose: To provide a supportive cancer information service at St. James's Hospital through the Daffodil Centre, offering free practical information, advice, and support for individuals affected by or concerned about cancer, with open access and confidentiality.
Access Information: Information [6].
