The Maastricht UMC+ Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Learning Resources
Training: GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction
Primary purpose: To provide training and educational events for master and PhD students, postdocs, and senior staff in the fields of modern medicine and molecular life sciences, with a focus on updating skills, broadening academic perspectives, and promoting research ethics and integrity.
Target audience: Master and PhD students, postdocs, and senior staff.
Information: Information [1].
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 | 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 | PET/MRI | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | Yes | |
| Technique | Bone 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 | |
| Technique | Liquid biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Techniques for molecular pathology | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | Yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | KI-67 | Yes | |
| Technique | PDL1 | 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 | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | Yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | 2 | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | 3 | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | 20 | |
| Specialist | Neurosurgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | 7 | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | 7 | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | 7 | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | Yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Proton therapy | Yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | 6 | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care | 4 | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | 2 | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | 3 | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | 4 | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 24 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 1 | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | 4 | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | 1 | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | 3 |
Prevention
| Screening and Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Breast cancer screening program | Yes | |
| Facility | Cervical cancer screening program | Yes |
Foundation: Young and Cancer - AYA
Primary purpose: To provide accessible, age-specific care for AYA patients with cancer, supported by healthcare providers, research, and coordinated collaboration, in line with the SONCOS standard.
Information: Information [2].
Resource: Patient Panel
Primary purpose: To act as a connecting link between patients and the Maastricht UMC+ Comprehensive Cancer Center (MCCC), by collecting patient wishes and feelings, converting them into advice, and influencing the decision-making process within the MCCC.
Information: Information [3].
Resource: Stop smoking - personal guidance
Primary purpose: To provide personal guidance and support to individuals who want to quit smoking, offering tailored assistance, tools, and professional coaching from certified smoking cessation coaches.
Information: Information [4].
Resource: Combined Lifestyle Intervention (GLI) in cancer
Primary purpose: To provide two years of support, including lifestyle coaching, to individuals focusing on various aspects of a healthy lifestyle, beyond just weight or nutrition, through a combination of individual conversations and group meetings.
Information: Information [5].
Resource: IPSO Centers (The Maastricht UMC+ Comprehensive Cancer Center)
Primary purpose: To provide accessible and nearby psychosocial care for everyone affected by cancer, offering a warm and homely atmosphere where guests are welcomed, understood, and heard, with the aim of improving their quality of life and empowering them to face life's challenges.
Information: Information [6].
Institution: Toon Hermans Huis Maastricht
Primary purpose: To provide a heartwarming and welcoming environment for people with cancer and their loved ones, offering support, activities, and a place to share experiences and find peace and positive energy.
Information: Information [7].
Tool: Cancer Referral Guide
Primary purpose: To provide a comprehensive Cancer Referral Guide that assists patients and their loved ones in finding additional treatments and guidance throughout the course of their cancer journey.
Information: Information [8].
