Institut Paoli-Calmettes
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Care and Diagnostic Services
Learning Resources
Training: Master in Health Biology
Training: Specialized Trainings (DESU, DESIU, DU, IUD, AND CU)
Training: Specialized Training in Oncology (DESC)
Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods
Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | 4 | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | 2 | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | 2 | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | 2 | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | 2 | |
| Technique | MRI-guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | 2 | |
| Machine | PET CT | 2 | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | 1 | |
| 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 | Liquid biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PGR | yes | |
| Technique | ER | yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | yes | |
| Technique | RET | yes | |
| Technique | MET | yes | |
| Technique | EGFR | yes | |
| Technique | ALK | yes | |
| Technique | ROS | yes | |
| Technique | HER2 status | yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Colposcopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | 10 | |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | 3 | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | 8 | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | 8 | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Sarcoma surgery | 1 | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | 2 | |
| Technique | image guided surgery | 3 rooms | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | 5 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | yes | |
| Machine | Intrabeam | 1 | |
| Technique | Treatment Planning System | yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | yes | |
| Technique | Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | yes | |
| Technique | Adaptive radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | yes | |
| Technique | IMRT radiotherapy planning system | yes | |
| Technique | Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning | yes | |
| Technique | PET CT treatment planning | yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) | yes | |
| Facility | Number of laminar flow rooms | 80 (2021) | |
| 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 | Physician specialised in pain treatment | yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Interventional Endoscopy | 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 | |
| Facility | Smoking detoxification center | 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 |
Resources: Trials List
Content Type: Provides a tool for patients to find active trials to participate.
Target Audience: Oncological patients.
Access: Information [1].
Resources: Wellness treatments
Content Type: It provides services that stimulate well-being and helps patients cope with the disease. They offer sophrology sessions, energy resonance sessions by skin stimulation (resc), meditation sessions, hypnosis sessions, aesthetic care, and smoking cessation service.
Target Audience: Patients.
Access: Information [2].
