Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria Hospital
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Experts
Oncology Department
Multidisciplinary Clinic for Rectal Cancer and Anus Cancer
Learning Resources
Trainings: IRCCS Courses
Primary purpose: Provide training, events and courses for IRCCS employees and non-employees.
Target audience: Doctors, nurses, assist. healthcare, and other health workers/related fields.
Access Information: Information [3].
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 (digital) | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | Yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | Yes | |
| Technique | MRI-guided biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereostatic biopsy | Yes | |
| Technique | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) | Yes | |
| Technique | EBUS-TBNA | Yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | Yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | Yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | Yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | Yes | |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | Yes | |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Cytology laboratory | Yes | |
| Technique | PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytometry | Yes | |
| Technique | Histochemistry | Yes | |
| Technique | Cytogenetics | Yes | |
| Pathology: Molecular Tests | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | KRAS | Yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | Yes | |
| Technique | NTRK | Yes | |
| Technique | RET | 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 | Hysteroscopy | Yes | |
| Technique | Video dermatoscopy | Yes |
Treatment
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | 3 | 337 (2021) |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | 3 | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | Yes | 10 (2018) |
| Specialist | Neurosurgery | 1 | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | 22 | 65 (2018) |
| Specialist | Orthopaedic surgery | Yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | 3 | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | 8 | 2096 (2017) |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | Yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | 3 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | Yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | Yes | |
| Machine | Dedicated SRS units | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | Yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | Yes | |
| Technique | Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | Yes | |
| Technique | Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) | Yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | Yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | Yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | Yes | |
| Machine | TomoTherapy Machines | Yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | Yes | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | 4 | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 8 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 4 | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | 7 | |
| Specialist | Social worker | Yes | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | Yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | Yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | Yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Endoprosthesis | Yes | |
| Technique | Biliary drainage | Yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | Yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | Yes |
Quality of Life
| Quality of Life | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Acupunture unit | Yes |
Associations List
Primary purpose: The website provides a list of the active patient associations in the hospital.
Access Information: Information [4].
Resource: Religious Assistance
Primary purpose: To provide daily spiritual support to patients in hospitals through Holy Mass, confession, and communion services, accommodating different religious denominations.
Access Information: Information [5].
Resource: Reception for people with disability
Primary purpose: To provide accessibility and assistance to individuals with mobility issues at the IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, offering wheelchairs and support for navigating the hospital premises, as well as allowing users to schedule assistance for visits and tests in advance.
Access Information: Information [6].
Facility: Hairdresser / Barber
Primary purpose: To offer hair care and styling options for patients, including bedside services upon request, enhancing their comfort and well-being during their stay.
Access Information: Information [7].
