Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center)
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Screening: Cancer prevention and screening[edit | edit source]
Primary purpose: To explain the importance of cancer prevention and early detection. It also points readers toward related services and resources of the cancer center (familial cancer, brochures, hotline, CCCC services).
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Diagnostics[edit | edit source]
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | 14 | |
| Machine | MRI (specify the strength and field of the techniques) | 12 | |
| Machine | Mammography (please specify analogic mammography or digital) | yes | |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (PACS) | yes | |
| Machine | Digitalised imaging (RIS) | yes | |
| Machine | Ultrasound | yes | |
| Machine | High-intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) | yes | |
| Machine | Gamma Camera | yes | |
| Technique | MRI-guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound-Guided Transcutaneous Tru-Cut Biopsy (USGTCB) | yes | |
| Technique | Stereostatic biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Ultrasound guided biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) | yes | |
| Technique | EBUS-TBNA | yes | |
| Technique | CT guided biopsis | yes | |
| Technique | E/S Fine-needle biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy (VABB) | yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | 9 | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Pet Scan | yes | |
| Machine | PET CT | yes | |
| Machine | PET/MRI | 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 |
| Machine | Electron microscopy | yes | |
| Facility | Cytology laboratory | yes | |
| Facility | Histopathology laboratory | yes | |
| Technique | Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) | yes | |
| Technique | FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) | 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 | 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 | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Vulvoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Hysteroscopy | yes |
Treatment[edit | edit source]
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Thoracic 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 | yes | |
| Specialist | Paediatric surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Sarcoma surgery | yes | |
| Technique | Video-assisted thoracoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | yes | |
| Technique | spinal decompression surgery for vertebral metastases | yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | 8 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IGRT | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | yes | |
| Facility | Proton/carbon facilities | yes | |
| Machine | Dedicated SRS units | yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | 2 | |
| Machine | Intrabeam | yes | |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Locoregional chemotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | yes | |
| Technique | Thermal ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | yes | |
| Technique | Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) | yes | |
| Technique | Total Body Irradiation (TBI) | yes | |
| Technique | 3D conformal radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Radiosurgery | yes | |
| Technique | Proton therapy | 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 | Gamma Knife | yes | |
| Machine | CyberKnife | yes | |
| Machine | TomoTherapy Machines | yes | |
| Hemato-Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplants | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Transfusion Unit | yes | |
| Facility | Bone marrow / stem cell bank | yes | |
| Facility | Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) | yes | |
| Machine | Cytopheresis machine | yes | |
| Technique | Quality Vigilance System | yes | |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous bone marrow transplants | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | yes | |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | yes | |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | yes | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialization/certification in oncology | yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | yes | |
| Specialist | Neurologist | yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 14 | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | yes | |
| Specialist | Social worker | yes | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Machine | Electrocoagulant Forceps | yes | |
| Machine | Endoprosthesis | yes | |
| Technique | Interventional Endoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Rigid Bronchoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Embolization with microparticles | yes | |
| Technique | Nephrostomy | yes | |
| Technique | Biliary drainage | yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | yes | |
| Technique | Peritoneal drainage | yes | |
| Technique | D-J stent | 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 | |
| Facility | Cervical cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Colorectal cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Smoking detoxification center | yes |
Quality of Life[edit | edit source]
| Quality of Life | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Supportive care unit | yes | |
| Facility | Survivorship program | yes | |
| Facility | Acupunture unit | yes |
Palliative Care[edit | edit source]
| Palliative Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) | yes | |
| Facility | Home palliative care availability | yes |
Palliative Care[edit | edit source]
| Palliative Care | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Availibility | Uses per year |
| Facility | Hospice unit (in the hospital structure or affiliated) | yes | |
| Facility | Home palliative care availability | yes |
