Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología IVO)
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Screening: Cancer prevention and screening[edit | edit source]
Primary purpose: It explains how organized screening programs help detect cancer and precancerous lesions at early stages and describes key screening approaches for major cancers such as breast, prostate, cervical, and lung cancer, and provides contact details.
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Diagnostics[edit | edit source]
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | yes | 23776 (2022) |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | 2 | 4165 (2022) |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | 8 | 5596 (2022) |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (PACS) | yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | 6 | 10016 (2022) |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | CT guided biopsis | yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | 1 | 2081 (2022) |
| Machine | PET CT | 1 | |
| Machine | PET/MRI | yes | |
| Machine | SPECT | 1 | 135 (2022) |
| Machine | SPECT CT | 1 | |
| Technique | Sentinel node scintigraphy | yes | 405 (2022) |
| Technique | Bone scintigraphy | yes | 1176 (2022) |
| Pathology | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Electron microscopy | yes | |
| Facility | Cytology laboratory | yes | 6539 (2022) |
| Facility | Histopathology laboratory | yes | |
| Technique | Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) | yes | |
| Technique | FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) | yes | 851 (2022) |
| Technique | PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) | yes | |
| Technique | Cytometry | yes | |
| Technique | Liquid biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Immunofluorescence techniques | yes | |
| Technique | Histochemistry | yes | 15974 (2022) |
| 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 | 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 | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colposcopy | yes | 344 (2022) |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | yes | 1268 (2022) |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | yes | 183 (2022) |
Treatment[edit | edit source]
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | yes | 1365 (2022) |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | 3 | 148 (2022) |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | 10 | 1169 (2022) |
| Specialist | Neurosurgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | yes | 323 (2022) |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | yes | 120 (2022) |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | yes | |
| Technique | Video-assisted thoracoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | yes | 239 (2022) |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Total MegaVoltage units | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | 6 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | 1 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | 1 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | 1 | |
| Machine | Dedicated SRS units | yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | 5 | 247 |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) | yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | yes | 42 (2022) |
| Technique | Conventional simulation | yes | |
| Technique | Virtual simulation for treatment planning | yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Transfusion Unit | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | 19 | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care | yes | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialization/certification in oncology | yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 13 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 3 | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | 7 | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | 3 | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | 24-hour Oncological Emergency Department | yes | |
| Machine | Endoprosthesis | yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | yes |
Prevention[edit | edit source]
| Screening and Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Lung cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Breast cancer screening program | yes | 15902 visits, 190 cancers detected (2022) |
| Facility | Cervical cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Colorectal cancer screening program | yes |
Quality of Life[edit | edit source]
| Quality of Life | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Supportive care unit | yes |
Palliative Care[edit | edit source]
| Palliative Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Home palliative care availability | yes |
