IRCCS Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata
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Experts
Abdominal and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Anesthesia and Resuscitation and Pain Therapy
Hospice, Supportive Simultaneous Care and Palliative Care
Learning Resources
Training: Trainings and Events
Primary purpose: To enhance professional, organizational, and relational culture for both individuals and the collective through training and updating activities.
Target audience: Staff who work within the IRCCS CROB.
Access Information: Information [1].
Novel Therapies and Diagnostics Methods
Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | Yes | |
| Machine | slices per machine (CT) | Yes | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | Yes (3 Tesla and 1.5 Tesla) | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | Yes/digital | |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (PACS) | Yes | |
| 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 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 | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | Yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | Yes | |
| Facility | Radionuclide treatment facilities | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | Yes | |
| Technique | Sentinel node scintigraphy | 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 | 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 | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PDL1 | Yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | Yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | Yes | |
| Technique | EGFR | Yes | |
| Technique | ALK | Yes | |
| Technique | ROS | Yes | |
| Technique | HER2 status | Yes | |
| Technique | COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | 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 | Gynaecological surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Sarcoma surgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Video-assisted thoracoscopy | 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 | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | Yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Locoregional chemotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | Yes/radiofrequency | |
| Technique | Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) | Yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Respiratory motion management | Yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | Yes | |
| Technique | IMRT radiotherapy planning system | Yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Transfusion Unit | Yes | |
| Facility | Bone marrow / stem cell bank | Yes | |
| Technique | Quality Vigilance System | Yes | |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Technique | Autologous bone marrow transplants | Yes | 117 (2011) |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | Yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | 3 | |
| Specialist | Social worker | Yes | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Endoprosthesis | Yes | |
| Technique | Interventional Endoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Rigid Bronchoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Nephrostomy | Yes | |
| Technique | Biliary drainage | Yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | Yes | |
| Technique | Peritoneal drainage | Yes | |
| Technique | D-J stent | Yes |
Prevention
| Screening and Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Lung cancer screening program | Yes | |
| Facility | Breast cancer screening program | Yes | |
| Facility | Cervical cancer screening program | Yes | |
| Facility | Colorectal cancer screening program | Yes |
Quality of Life
| Quality of Life | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Supportive care unit | Yes |
Palliative Care
| Palliative Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) | Yes |
Resource: Publications for patients
Primary purpose: To offer guides, publications, and a service card, where the patient will find all the information useful for your orientation in the Institute.
Access Information: Service card [2], Institute guides [3] and other publications [4].
Facility: Religious Assistance
Primary purpose: To provide a place for Catholic religious services and support for patients, with information and contact details available in the chapel.
Access Information: Information [5].
Associations List
Primary purpose: The website provides a list of the active patient associations in the hospital.
Access Information: Information [6].
