Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Motol University Hospital)
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Primary purpose: Provides information about diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and provides essential practical information for both attending physicians (e.g., how to request image transfers to ePACS) and patients (e.g., general inquiry email and physical location details).
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Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | 4 | 27,504 (2021) |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | yes | (1.5 and 3T; Neurological, Cardiac, Musculoskeletal, Abdominal Imaging and MR angiography)/13,417 (2021) |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | 1 | digital |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (PACS) | yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | yes | 9,000 |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | 1 | |
| Technique | Stereostatic biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) | yes | |
| Technique | EBUS-TBNA | yes | |
| Technique | Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) | yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | yes | MRI and CT |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | yes | |
| Facility | Radionuclide treatment facilities | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | 2 | |
| Technique | Sentinel node scintigraphy | yes | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | yes | |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Facility | Cytology laboratory | yes | |
| Facility | Histopathology 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 | Liquid biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Immunofluorescence techniques | yes | |
| Technique | Histochemistry | yes | |
| Technique | Techniques for molecular pathology | yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Technique | PGR | yes | |
| Technique | KI-67 | yes | |
| Technique | PDL1 | yes | |
| Technique | PI3KCA | yes | |
| Technique | ER | 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 | Availability | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Video dermatoscopy | yes | |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | 10 | |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | yes | 448 |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Neurosurgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | 17 | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | 6 | |
| Specialist | Orthopaedic surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | 6 | |
| Specialist | Paediatric surgery | yes | 2125 (2022) |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Sarcoma surgery | 7 | 57 |
| Technique | Video-assisted thoracoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | yes | |
| Technique | spinal decompression surgery for vertebral metastases | yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | 3 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | yes | 700 (2022) |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) | yes | |
| Technique | Total Body Irradiation (TBI) | yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Proton therapy | yes | |
| Technique | Respiratory motion management | yes | |
| Technique | Conventional simulation | yes | |
| Technique | Virtual simulation for treatment planning | 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 | Transfusion Unit | yes | |
| Facility | Bone marrow / stem cell bank | yes | |
| Machine | Cytopheresis machine | yes | |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous bone marrow transplants | yes | 25 pediatric (2022) |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | 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 | yes | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | yes | |
| 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 | |
| Technique | Rigid Bronchoscopy | yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | yes |
Prevention
| Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Lung cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Smoking detoxification center | yes | |
| Facility | Breast cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Cervical cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Colorectal cancer screening program | yes |
Quality of Life
| Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Supportive care unit | yes | |
| Facility | Phone/mail contact service | yes | |
| Facility | Survivorship program | 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 |
