University Medical Center Groningen Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Trials
Experts
Molecular Tumor Board Groningen
Neuroendocrine tumors and carcinomas
Departments
Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems (BSCS)
Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology
European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA)
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular imaging
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Learning Resources
Course: Medicine bachelor's and master's degree - Comprehensive Cancer Center
Training: Oncology nurse - Comprehensive Cancer Center
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 | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | Yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | Yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereostatic biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) | Yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | Yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | Yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | Yes | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | Yes | |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Electron microscopy | Yes | |
| Facility | Cytology laboratory | Yes | |
| Technique | Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) | Yes | |
| Technique | FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) | Yes | |
| Technique | PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytometry | Yes | |
| Technique | Techniques for molecular pathology | Yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PI3KCA | Yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | Yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | Yes | |
| Technique | RET | Yes | |
| Technique | MET | Yes | |
| Technique | EGFR | Yes | |
| Technique | ALK | Yes | |
| Technique | ROS | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Vulvoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | Yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | 1 | |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | 2 | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | Neurosurgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | 3 | |
| Specialist | Orthopaedic surgery | 10 | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | 13 | |
| Specialist | Paediatric surgery | 8 | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | 6 | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | Yes | |
| Technique | Proton therapy | Yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | 10 | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | 23 | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | 28 | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 43 | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | Yes | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | 34 | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Endoprosthesis | Yes | |
| Technique | Nephrostomy | Yes |
