North Estonia Medical Centre
The North Estonia Medical Centre is one of the top healthcare providers in the country. Its statutes states that their goal is "to provide high-quality, specialized medical care and ambulance services, to be the learning base of training that precedes and follows the acquiring of health care professionals’ qualifications and does healthcare-related study and research work."
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Trials
Experts
Department of Follow-Up Care - Oncologic Care
General and Oncology Urology Centre
General Surgery and Oncology Surgery
Learning Resources
Professional Training
Content type: Provides training to professionals.
Target audience: Doctors, nurses and care staff and other professionals of health from across Estonia.
Access: Information [1].
Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods
Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | 5 | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | 3 | 14,283 |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | yes (digital) | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | yes | 62,238 |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | 1 | |
| Machine | Radiation Therapy Devices | 5 | 1,600 patients (2020) |
| Machine | Angiograph | 5 | |
| Technique | Radioisotope | yes | 2,434 |
| Technique | MRI-guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | X-rays | yes | 118,621 |
| Technique | Stereostatic biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) | yes | |
| Technique | CT guided biopsis | yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | yes | |
| Machine | PET (PET CT + PET MRI) | 1 | |
| Machine | PET CT | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | yes | |
| Technique | Sentinel node 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 | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PGR | yes | |
| Technique | KI-67 | yes | |
| Technique | PDL1 | yes | |
| Technique | ER | yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | yes | |
| Technique | EGFR | yes | |
| Technique | ALK | yes | |
| Technique | ROS | yes | |
| Technique | HER2 status | yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Video dermatoscopy | 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 | Neurosurgery | 8 | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | 2 | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | yes | 400 (2020) |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | yes | |
| Technique | Treatment Planning System | yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | yes | |
| Technique | Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | yes | |
| Technique | 4D Radiotherapy planning for lung tumors | yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | yes | |
| Technique | Proton therapy | yes | 21,300 (2020) |
| Technique | Respiratory motion management | yes | |
| Technique | Conventional simulation | yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | 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 | Bone marrow / stem cell bank | yes | |
| Facility | Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | 1 | |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | yes | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care | yes | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialization/certification in oncology | yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | 2 | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | yes | 11,500 appointments (2020) |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 3 | |
| Specialist | Social worker | yes | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Embolization with microparticles | 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 | Cervical 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 |
Palliative Care
| Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Home palliative care availability | yes |
Association: Patient Advisory Council
Content Type: Ensures the interests of the patient are being taken into account when making decisions and designing services, and that the patient has an active role in the treatment process.
Members: Estonian Rheumatism Association; Avitus NGO; Estonian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Society NGO; Estonian Celiac Society; Estonian Psoriasis Association; Estonian Hemophilia Society;Estonian Chamber of Disabled People; Tallinn Chamber of Disabled People; Saaremaa Cancer Society; Läänemaa Cancer Association; Estonian Stroke Patients Society.
Access: Information [2]
Resource: Learning Resources for Relatives and Caretakers
Content Type: Guides and counseling appointment information.
Target Audience: Patients, relatives and caretakers.
Access: Information [3]
Resource: Trials Information for Patients
Primary Purpose: Instructs about the procedure to participate in one of the hospital's clinical trials.
Target Audience:' Oncological patients.
Access: Information [4]
Service: Chemotherapy Counseling
Content Type: A nurse-counselor instructs the patient and his family individually before, during, and after the chemotherapy treatment about the procedure, possible side effects, and how to deal with those.
Target Audience: Patients and their relatives.
Access: Information [5]
Service: Palliative Care Nurse Advisor
Content Type: A nurse instructs about the disease the patient is suffering from and how to deal with it and connects the patient to specialists who will help with palliative care.
Target Audience: Patients and their relatives.
Access: Information [6]
Service: Tobacco Cessation Counseling Office
Content Type: Trained nurses perform counseling, organize a treatment plan for the patients, and accompany them during a specific time to help them quit smoking.
Target Audience: Free for everyone.
Access: Information [7]
