Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Eugène Marquis Cancer Centre)
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Screening: Cancer prevention and screening
Primary purpose: To explain the Interception Program—a personalized cancer prevention and screening service for high-risk individuals—describing who it’s for, how it works, available pathways, and how to join or refer someone, with contact details.
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Diagnostics
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | yes | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | yes | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | yes | |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (PACS) | yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | 3 | |
| Technique | MRI-guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | 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 | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | yes | |
| Facility | Radionuclide treatment facilities | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | yes | |
| 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 | Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) | 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 | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PGR | yes | |
| Technique | KI-67 | yes | |
| Technique | PDL1 | yes | |
| Technique | PI3KCA | yes | |
| Technique | ER | yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | 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 | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Vulvoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | 9 | |
| Specialist | Urological 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 | Orthopaedic surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | 3 | |
| Specialist | Sarcoma surgery | yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | yes | |
| Technique | Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | yes | |
| Technique | Total Body Irradiation (TBI) | yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | yes | |
| Technique | Respiratory motion management | yes | |
| Technique | Adaptive radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Conventional simulation | yes | |
| Technique | Virtual simulation for treatment planning | 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 | |
| Machine | CyberKnife | yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Transfusion Unit | yes | |
| Facility | Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) | yes | |
| Machine | Cytopheresis machine | yes | |
| Technique | Quality Vigilance System | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | yes | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 14 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 3 | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | 2 | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | 2 | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | 1 | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Endoprosthesis | yes | |
| Technique | Embolization with microparticles | yes | |
| Technique | Biliary drainage | yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | yes |
Prevention
| Screening and Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Lung cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Breast cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Cervical cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Colorectal cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Smoking detoxification center | yes |
Quality of Life
| Quality of Life | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Supportive care unit | yes | |
| Facility | Phone/mail contact service | yes |
Palliative Care
| Palliative Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Home palliative care availability | yes |
