TAYS Cancer Centre Tampere University Hospital
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Learning Resources
Education: Tampere Surgical Education Centre (TSEC)
Medical Education
The Hand and Microsurgery Fellowship Program
Internship and Study services
Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods
Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | 2 | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | Yes (1.5T and 3T) | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | Yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | Yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | Yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | EBUS-TBNA | Yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | 3 | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | Yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | Yes | |
| Technique | Sentinel node scintigraphy | Yes | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | Yes | |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Histopathology laboratory | Yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | EGFR | Yes | |
| Technique | ALK | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | 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 | Neurosurgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Paediatric surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Sarcoma surgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Spinal decompression surgery for vertebral metastases | Yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | 6 | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | Yes | |
| Technique | Respiratory motion management | Yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | Yes |
Prevention
| Screening and Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| 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 | Phone/mail contact service | Yes | |
| Facility | Survivorship program | Yes |
Palliative Care
| Palliative Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) | Yes | |
| Facility | Home palliative care availability | Yes |
Resource: Home Hospital
Primary purpose: Provide hospital-level care in patients' homes or comparable settings as an alternative to hospital care, offering various medical treatments and palliative care to support patients until the end of their treatment.
Access Information: Information [1].
Facility: Patient Hotel
Primary purpose: To offer patients who don't require immediate hospital ward treatment an option to stay overnight in the patient hotel at Tays Central Hospital, providing convenient and cost-effective accommodation during their medical treatment, with the possibility for loved ones to stay as well.
Access Information: Information [2].
Resource: Support for cancer patients and loved ones
Primary purpose: To provide comprehensive support and assistance to both cancer patients and their loved ones, addressing their emotional, practical, and informational needs throughout the entire journey of dealing with cancer.
Access Information: Information [3].
