Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología IVO
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Experts
Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy
Clinical Analysis and Microbiology Service
Early Diagnosis Unit II Marqués del Turia
General and Digestive Surgery Service
Radiophysics and Radiological Protection Service
Learning Resources
Training: Specialized Health Training (FSE)
Primary purpose: To provide specialized health training in various specialties, including Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Medical-Surgical Dermatology and Venereology, and Hospital Radiophysics, through a structured program involving care, research, and comprehensive preparation.
Target audience: Residents doctors.
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Courses: Technicians, Graduates and Postgraduates
Primary purpose: To provide accredited specialist training and to offer training stays for residents from other centers, along with participating in undergraduate teaching in health sciences disciplines through collaboration agreements.
Target audience: Professionals from IVO Foundation, professionals from other centers, doctors, nurses and other health sciences students.
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Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología IVO)
Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | Yes | 23776 (2022) |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | 2 | 4165 (2022) |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | 8 | 5596 (2022) |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (PACS) | Yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | 6 | 10016 (2022) |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | Yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | CT guided biopsis | Yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | 1 | 2081 (2022) |
| Machine | PET CT | 1 | |
| Machine | SPECT | 1 | 135 (2022) |
| Machine | SPECT CT | 1 | |
| Technique | Sentinel node scintigraphy | Yes | 405 (2022) |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | Yes | 1176 (2022) |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Cytology laboratory | Yes | 6539 (2022) |
| Technique | FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) | Yes | 851 (2022) |
| Technique | PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) | Yes | |
| Technique | Liquid biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Histochemistry | Yes | 15974 (2022) |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | KI-67 | 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 | Colposcopy | Yes | 344 (2022) |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | Yes | 1268 (2022) |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | Yes | 183 (2022) |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | 1365 (2022) | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | 3 | 148 (2022) |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | 10 | 1169 (2022) |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | 323 (2022) | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | 120 (2022) | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | 239 (2022) |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Total MegaVoltage units | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | 6 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | 1 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | 1 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | 1 | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | 5 | 247 |
| Technique | Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) | Yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | Yes | 42 (2022) |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | 19 | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 13 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 3 | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | 7 | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | 3 | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | 24-hour Oncological Emergency Department | Yes |
Prevention
| Screening and Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Breast cancer screening program | Yes | 15902 visits, 190 cancers detected (2022) |
Resource: Guides for patients and families
Primary purpose: Guides to inform patients and their families about the services offered in the hospital, information for visitors, regulations, hospital units, etc.
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