Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Candiolo Cancer Institute)
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Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availability | 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 | 3500 (yearly) |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (RIS) | yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | yes | |
| Machine | High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) | yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | yes | |
| Technique | MRI-guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) | yes | |
| Technique | Stereostatic biopsy | 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 | Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) | yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | yes | |
| Machine | PET/MRI | yes | |
| Facility | Radionuclide treatment facilities | yes | |
| 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 | Vulvoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | 7 | |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | 12 | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | 2 | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | 4 | |
| Technique | Video-assisted thoracoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | 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 | Virtual simulation for treatment planning | Yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | Yes | |
| Machine | TomoTherapy Machines | Yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Technique | Autologous bone marrow transplants | Yes | |
| 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 | 6 | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | Yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | 4 | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 7 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 1 | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Interventional Endoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Biliary drainage | Yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | Yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | Yes | |
| Technique | Peritoneal drainage | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy with Pressurized Air Flow (PIPAC) | Yes |
