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Diagnostics
| Radiology |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
CT scanners |
yes |
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| Machine |
MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Digitalised imaging (PACS) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Ultrasound |
yes |
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| Machine |
High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) |
yes |
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| Machine |
Gamma Camera |
yes |
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| Technique |
MRI-guided biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Stereotatic biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Ultrasound guided biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Intraductal ultrasound diagnosis of biliary tract strictures (IDUS) |
yes |
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| Technique |
EBUS-TBNA |
yes |
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| Technique |
CT guided biopsis |
yes |
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| Technique |
E/S Fine-needle biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Angiography |
yes |
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| Nuclear Medicine |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
Pet Scan |
yes |
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| Machine |
PET CT |
yes |
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| Machine |
PET/MRI |
yes |
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| Facility |
Radionuclide treatment facilities |
yes |
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| Machine |
SPECT |
yes |
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| Machine |
SPECT CT |
yes |
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| Technique |
Sentinel node scintigraphy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Bone scintigraphy |
yes |
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| Pathology |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
Electron microscopy |
yes |
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| Facility |
Cytology laboratory |
yes |
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| Facility |
Histopathology laboratory |
yes |
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| Technique |
Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) |
yes |
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| Technique |
FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) |
yes |
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| Technique |
PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) |
yes |
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| Technique |
Cytometry |
yes |
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| Technique |
Liquid biopsy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Immunofluorescence techniques |
yes |
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| Technique |
Histochemistry |
yes |
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| Technique |
Techniques for molecular pathology |
yes |
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| Technique |
Cytogenetics |
yes |
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| Pathology: Molecular Tests |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Technique |
PGR |
yes |
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| Technique |
KI-67 |
yes |
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| Technique |
PDL1 |
yes |
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| Technique |
PIK3CA |
yes |
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| Technique |
ER |
yes |
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| Technique |
KRAS |
yes |
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| Technique |
BRAF |
yes |
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| Technique |
NTRK |
yes |
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| Technique |
RET |
yes |
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| Technique |
MET |
yes |
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| Technique |
EGFR |
yes |
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| Technique |
ALK |
yes |
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| Technique |
ROS |
yes |
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| Technique |
HER2 status |
yes |
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| Technique |
COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS |
yes |
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| Others |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Technique |
Bronchoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Colposcopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Colonoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Vulvoscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Hysteroscopy |
yes |
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| Technique |
Video dermatoscopy |
yes |
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Treatment
| Surgical Oncology |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Specialist |
Breast surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Digestive surgery |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Oncoplastic surgery |
Yes |
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| Radiotherapy |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators |
11 |
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT |
Yes |
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators with IGRT |
Yes |
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| Machine |
Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS |
Yes |
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| Machine |
Brachytherapy unit |
4 |
800 (yearly)
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| Technique |
Stereotactic radiotherapy |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Total Body Irradiation (TBI) |
Yes |
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| Technique |
3D conformal radiotherapy |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Radiosurgery |
Yes |
165 (yearly)
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| Technique |
Respiratory motion management |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Adaptive radiotherapy |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Conventional simulation |
Yes |
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| Technique |
IMRT radiotherapy planning system |
Yes |
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| Machine |
Gamma Knife |
Yes |
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| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Transfusion Unit |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Allogenic stem cell transplants |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Autologous bone marrow transplants |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Autologous stem cell transplants |
Yes |
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| Specialists |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Specialist |
Physician with a specialisation in palliative care |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Medical oncologist |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Physician specialised in pain treatment |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Neurologist |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Lung physician |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Radiotherapist |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Psychologist or Psychotherapist |
3 |
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| Specialist |
Pharmacist |
Yes |
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| Specialist |
Social worker |
4 |
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| Specialist |
Physiotherapist |
2 |
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| Specialist |
Dietitian |
Yes |
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| Others |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
24-hour Oncological Emergency Department |
Yes |
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| Technique |
Biliary drainage |
Yes |
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| Facility |
Clinical Trial Center |
Yes |
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| Facility |
Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit |
Yes |
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Prevention
| Screening and Others |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Breast cancer screening program |
Yes |
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| Facility |
Colorectal cancer screening program |
Yes |
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| Facility |
Smoking detoxification center |
Yes |
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Quality of Life
| Quality of Life |
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| Type |
Name |
Availibility |
Uses per year
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| Facility |
Supportive care unit |
Yes |
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