Cancer Center of Kuopio University Hospital
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Training: Professional Training
Content Type: Provides a list of scheduled training.
Target Audience: Health professionals.
Access: Information [1]
Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods
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 | Gamma Camera | Yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | Yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | 2 | |
| Machine | SPECT CT | 2 | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | Yes | |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Histopathology laboratory | Yes | |
| Technique | Immunofluorescence techniques | Yes | |
| Technique | Histochemistry | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | Yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | PGR | Yes | |
| Technique | KI-67 | Yes | |
| Technique | PDL1 | Yes | |
| Technique | ER | Yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | Yes | |
| Technique | ALK | Yes | |
| Technique | ROS | Yes | |
| Technique | HER2 status | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Colposcopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | Yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Neurosurgery | Yes | 2,200 |
| Specialist | Gynaecological 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 | 4 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | Yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | Yes | |
| Technique | Respiratory motion management | Yes | |
| Technique | Virtual simulation for treatment planning | Yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | Yes | |
| Technique | Magnetic resonance for radiotherapy treatment planning | Yes | |
| Machine | CyberKnife | 1 | |
| 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 | Physician specialised in pain treatment | Yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | 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 | Supportive care unit | 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: Parents' Resources
Content Type: Provides valuable information about the hospitalization of children with cancer and their rights. It also tells you about the resources the hospital offers, such as social services and financial support, and shows the websites of available patient associations.
Target Audience: Parents of children with cancer treated by the hospital.
Access: Information [2]
Resource: Trials List
Content Type: Provides a tool for patients to find active trials to participate.
Target Audience: Oncological patients.
Access: Information [3].
Service: Association of Hospital Clowns
Content Type: Artists dressed as clowns visit the hospital department twice a week to entertain the patients.
Target Audience: Children with cancer treated by the hospital and their relatives.
Access: Information [4]
Service: Hospital School
Content Type: Provides continuation of patient education during hospitalization.
Target Audience: School age patients.
Access: Information [5]
