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Diagnostics
| Radiology |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year |
Number
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| Machine |
CT scanners |
yes |
16,741 |
2
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| Machine |
MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) |
yes |
10,103 |
1 (1.5 T)
|
| Machine |
Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) |
yes |
29467 |
4 (type not specified)
|
| Machine |
Digitalised imaging (PACS) |
yes |
|
|
| Machine |
Ultrasound |
yes |
20745 |
6
|
| Technique |
MRI-guided biopsy |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
X-rays |
yes |
9,824 |
2
|
| Technique |
CT guided biopsis |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) |
yes |
|
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| Technique |
Angiography |
yes |
|
1
|
| Nuclear Medicine |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year |
Number
|
| Machine |
Pet Scan |
yes |
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| Machine |
PET CT |
yes |
5080 |
|
| Machine |
PET/MRI |
yes |
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| Machine |
SPECT CT |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
Sentinel node scintigraphy |
yes |
924 |
|
| Technique |
Bone scintigraphy |
yes |
937 |
|
| Pathology |
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|
| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year |
Number
|
| Facility |
Histopathology laboratory |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) |
yes |
516 |
|
| Technique |
PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) |
yes |
|
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| Technique |
Cytometry |
yes |
|
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| Technique |
Immunofluorescence techniques |
yes |
|
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| Technique |
Histochemistry |
yes |
27846 |
|
| Technique |
Techniques for molecular pathology |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
Cytogenetics |
yes |
|
|
| Pathology: Molecular Tests |
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|
|
|
| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year |
Number
|
| Technique |
PDL1 |
yes |
641 |
|
| 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 |
|
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| Others |
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|
| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year |
Number
|
| Technique |
Colposcopy |
yes |
|
|
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology |
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|
|
|
| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year |
Number
|
| Specialist |
Breast surgery |
11 |
1002 |
|
| Specialist |
Urological surgery |
12 |
|
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| Specialist |
Thoracic surgery |
4 |
|
|
| Specialist |
Digestive surgery |
4 |
|
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| Specialist |
Gynaecological surgery |
11 |
|
|
| Specialist |
Soft tissue surgery |
13 |
458 |
|
| Specialist |
Oncoplastic surgery |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
Robotic surgery |
yes |
290 |
|
| Technique |
spinal decompression surgery for vertebral metastases |
yes |
|
|
| Radiotherapy |
|
|
|
|
| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year |
Number
|
| Machine |
Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT |
yes |
2126 |
|
| Machine |
Linear accelerators with IGRT |
yes |
43551 |
5
|
| Machine |
Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS |
yes |
|
2
|
| Machine |
Brachytherapy unit |
yes |
27 |
|
| Technique |
Stereotactic radiotherapy |
yes |
1023 |
|
| Technique |
Chemoembolization |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
Total Body Irradiation (TBI) |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
4D conformal radiotherapy |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
3D conformal radiotherapy |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
CT planning |
yes |
|
|
| Technique |
Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning |
yes |
|
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| Technique |
PET CT treatment planning |
yes |
|
|
| Specialists |
|
|
|
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year |
Number
|
| Specialist |
Physician with a specialisation in palliative care |
5 |
|
|
| Specialist |
Physician specialised in pain treatment |
2 |
|
|
| Specialist |
Lung physician |
yes |
|
|
| Specialist |
Radiotherapist |
yes |
|
|
| Specialist |
Psychologist or Psychotherapist |
5 |
|
|
| Specialist |
Pharmacist |
15 |
|
|
| Specialist |
Social worker |
3 |
|
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| Specialist |
Dietitian |
6 |
|
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| Others |
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|
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year |
Number
|
| Technique |
Rigid Bronchoscopy |
yes
|
Prevention
| Others |
|
|
|
| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
|
| Facility |
Lung cancer screening program |
yes |
|
| Facility |
Smoking detoxification center |
yes
|
Quality of Life
| Others |
|
|
|
| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
|
| Facility |
Survivorship program |
yes
|
Palliative Care
| Others |
|
|
|
| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
|
| Facility |
Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) |
yes |
|
| Facility |
Home palliative care availability |
yes
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