Institute of Oncology Ljubljana
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Learning Resources
Educational Activities
Primary purpose: To disseminate knowledge about cancer, promote its controllable nature, provide continuous education to oncology professionals, and raise awareness among both medical staff and the general public regarding disease prevention, early diagnosis, and appropriate actions, achieved through seminars, courses, meetings, publications, and collaboration with educational institutions.
Target audience: Both professional staff within the Oncology Institute (OI) and other medical institutions in Slovenia, as well as the lay public; Healthcare professionals and specialists and students at various education levels.
Access Information: Information [1].
Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods
Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | Yes | 19637 (2022) |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | Yes | 5806 (2022) |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | Yes | 11232 (2022) |
| Machine | Ultrasound | Yes | 15074 (2022) |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | Yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) | 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 | 2584 (2022) |
| 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 | |
| Facility | Histopathology laboratory | Yes | |
| Technique | FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) | Yes | |
| Technique | PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytometry | Yes | |
| Technique | Liquid biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Histochemistry | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | Yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PGR | 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 | COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Vulvoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | Yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | Yes | 320 |
| Specialist | Sarcoma surgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Total MegaVoltage units | 7 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | Yes | |
| Machine | Cobalt Units | Yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | Yes | |
| Technique | Total Body Irradiation (TBI) | Yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Proton therapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Adaptive radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Conventional simulation | Yes | |
| Technique | Virtual simulation for treatment planning | Yes | |
| Technique | IMRT radiotherapy planning system | Yes | |
| Machine | CyberKnife | Yes | |
| Machine | TomoTherapy Machines | 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 | Nurse with a specialization/certification in oncology | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | Yes | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | Yes |
Associations List
Primary purpose: The website provides a list of the active patient associations in the hospital.
Access Information: Information [2].
Resource: Guides, Handbooks and Recommendations
Primary purpose: Provide information and guidance to the patients and their relatives about the various types of cancers, information about treatments, palliative care, physical activity, depression, etc.
Access Information: General publications [3]; Medicines and effects publications [4].
Resouce: Videos
Primary purpose: To provide educational and informational videos to the patients and the public, about cancer treatments, diagnostic tests, cancer formation, surgeries, etc.
Access Information: Information [5].
Facility: Volunteer Work
Primary purpose: To enhance patient quality of life, alleviate staff burnout, address environmental concerns, and offer informal psycho-social support to patients alongside medical treatment.
Access Information: Information [6].
