Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (European Institute of Oncology)
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Screening: IEO Check Up
Primary purpose: Provide a careful evaluation of the patient's health.
Cancer areas of interest: C15-C26: Digestive system cancers; C50: Breast cancer; C51-C58: Female genitalia cancer; C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer; C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers.
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Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | yes | Total: 23,045 (2021) / Low-dose: 625 (2021) |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | yes | 15,395 (2021) |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | yes | Total: 31,893 (2021) / Screening: 8,913 (2021) |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (PACS) | yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | yes | Breast: 1,429 (2021) |
| Machine | High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) | yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | 1 | |
| Technique | MRI-guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) | yes | |
| Technique | Stereotatic biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) | yes | |
| Technique | Intraductal ultrasound diagnosis of biliary tract strictures (IDUS) | yes | |
| Technique | EBUS-TBNA | 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 | 5,558 (2021) |
| Machine | PET (PET CT + PET MRI) | yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | 2 | |
| Machine | PET/MRI | yes | |
| Facility | Radionuclide treatment facilities | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | 1 | |
| Technique | Sentinel node scintigraphy | yes | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | yes | |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availability | Uses per year |
| Machine | Electron microscopy | yes | |
| 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 | PIK3CA | 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 | Number | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | yes | 900 (yearly) |
| Technique | Colposcopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | yes | 178 (2021) |
| Technique | Vulvoscopy | 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 | |
| Technique | Sentinel lymph node biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Nipple-sparing mastectomy | Yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | 6 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | Yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | Yes | |
| Machine | Intrabeam | Yes | |
| Technique | Treatment Planning System | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic intra- and extracranial radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Locoregional chemotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | Yes | |
| Technique | Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) | Yes | |
| Technique | Total Body Irradiation (TBI) | Yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | Yes | |
| Technique | Proton therapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Respiratory motion management | Yes | |
| Machine | CyberKnife | Yes | |
| Machine | TomoTherapy Machines | 3 | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Bone marrow / stem cell bank | Yes | |
| Technique | Cell Sorting Service | Yes | 500 (Anually) |
| Technique | Stem Cell Processing for Transportation | Yes | 80 (Anually) |
| Technique | Leukapheresis | Yes | |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | Yes | |
| Technique | Autologous transplants | Yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | Yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | Yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | 24-hour Oncological Emergency Department | Yes | |
| Machine | Electrocoagulant Forceps | Yes | |
| Machine | Bipolar Scissors | Yes | |
| Machine | Intraoperative Ultrasound | Yes | |
| Machine | Intraoperative Doppler | Yes | |
| Machine | Intraoperative microscope | Yes | |
| Machine | CO2 laser | Yes | |
| Machine | Magnifying microsurgical goggles | Yes | |
| Machine | Endoprosthesis | Yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound dye-assisted surgery (USDAS) | Yes | |
| Technique | Laser therapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) | Yes | |
| Technique | Laser Conization | Yes | |
| Technique | Rigid Bronchoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Embolization with microparticles | Yes | |
| Technique | Uterine fibroids embolization | Yes | |
| Technique | Embolization with microcoils | Yes | |
| Technique | Nephrostomy | Yes | |
| Technique | Biliary drainage | Yes | |
| Technique | Venous Accesses | Yes |
