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Diagnostics
| Radiology |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
CT scanners |
yes |
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| Machine |
MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) |
2 |
7,631 (2022)
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| Machine |
Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) |
4 |
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| Machine |
Digitalised imaging (PACS) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Digitalised imaging (RIS) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Ultrasound |
yes |
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| Machine |
Gamma Camera |
3 |
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| Technique |
Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Ultrasound guided biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
CT guided biopsis |
yes |
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| Technique |
E/S Fine-needle biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Angiography |
yes |
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| Nuclear Medicine |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
Pet Scan |
4 |
8,870 (2022)
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| Machine |
PET CT |
2 |
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| Machine |
PET/MRI |
yes |
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| Facility |
Radionuclide treatment facilities |
yes |
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| Machine |
SPECT |
3 |
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| Machine |
SPECT CT |
yes |
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| Technique |
Sentinel node scintigraphy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Bone scintigraphy |
yes |
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| Pathology |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Cytology laboratory |
yes |
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| Facility |
Histopathology laboratory |
yes |
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| Technique |
Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) |
yes |
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| Technique |
FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) |
yes |
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| Technique |
PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Cytometry |
yes |
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| Technique |
Liquid biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Immunofluorescence techniques |
yes |
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| Technique |
Histochemistry |
yes |
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| Technique |
Techniques for molecular pathology |
yes |
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| Technique |
Cytogenetics |
yes |
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| Pathology: Molecular Tests |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Technique |
PGR |
yes |
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| Technique |
KI-67 |
yes |
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| Technique |
PDL1 |
yes |
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| Technique |
PI3KCA |
yes |
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| Technique |
ER |
yes |
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| Technique |
KRAS |
yes |
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| Technique |
BRAF |
yes |
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| Technique |
NTRK |
yes |
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| Technique |
RET |
yes |
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| Technique |
MET |
yes |
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| Technique |
EGFR |
yes |
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| Technique |
ALK |
yes |
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| Technique |
ROS |
yes |
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| Technique |
HER2 status |
yes |
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| Technique |
COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS |
yes |
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| Others |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Technique |
Bronchoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Colposcopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Colonoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Vulvoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Hysteroscopy |
yes |
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Treatment
| Surgical Oncology |
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|
| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Specialist |
Breast surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Urological surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Thoracic surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Digestive surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Neurosurgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Gynaecological surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Head and neck surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Soft tissue surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Oncoplastic surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Paediatric surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
ENT surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Sarcoma surgery |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Robotic surgery |
1 (2020) |
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| Radiotherapy |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators |
11 (total - 2020) |
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT |
Yes |
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators with IGRT |
Yes |
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS |
2 (2020) |
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| Machine |
Brachytherapy unit |
2 (2020) |
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| Technique |
Stereotactic radiotherapy |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Chemoembolization |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Radiosurgery |
2 (2020) |
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| Technique |
Proton therapy |
Yes |
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| Machine |
TomoTherapy Machines |
3 (2020) |
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| Specialists |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Specialist |
Physician with a specialisation in palliative care |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Physician specialised in pain treatment |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Neurologist |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Radiotherapist |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Psychologist or Psychotherapist |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Psychiatrist |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Pharmacist |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Social worker |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Physiotherapist |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Dietitian |
Yes |
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| Others |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Clinical Trial Center |
Yes |
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| Facility |
Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit |
Yes |
107 (2022)
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| Technique |
Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Pressurized Air Flow (PIPAC) |
Yes |
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Quality of Life
| Quality of Life |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Supportive care unit |
Yes |
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| Facility |
Phone/mail contact service |
Yes |
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| Facility |
Acupunture unit |
Yes |
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Palliative Care
| Palliative Care |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) |
Yes |
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| Facility |
Home palliative care availability |
Yes |
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