Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods (Institut Jules Bordet)
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Screening: Cancer prevention and screening[edit | edit source]
Primary purpose: To explain and guide patients through Institut Bordet’s Cancer Prevention and Screening Centre, including how risk is assessed, what the visit involves, and how to book and prepare for appointments.
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Diagnostics[edit | edit source]
| Radiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Number | Uses per year |
| Machine | CT scanners | 3 | |
| 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 | 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 | EBUS-TBNA | yes | |
| Technique | CT guided biopsis | yes | |
| Technique | E/S Fine-needle biopsy | yes | |
| Technique | Angiography | yes | |
| Nuclear Medicine | |||
| Type | Name | Number | 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 | Number | Uses per year |
| 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 | Number | Uses per year |
| Technique | PGR | yes | |
| Technique | KI-67 | yes | |
| Technique | PDL1 | yes | |
| Technique | PI3KCA | yes | |
| Technique | ER | yes | |
| Technique | BRAF | yes | |
| Technique | NTRK | yes | |
| Technique | RET | yes | |
| Technique | MET | yes | |
| Technique | COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PANELS | yes | |
| Technique | KRAS | yes | |
| Technique | EGFR | yes | |
| Technique | ALK | yes | |
| Technique | ROS | yes | |
| Technique | HER2 status | yes | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Number | Uses per year |
| Technique | Bronchoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Colonoscopy | yes |
Treatment[edit | edit source]
| Surgical Oncology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Number | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Breast surgery | 5 | |
| Specialist | Urological surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Thoracic surgery | 6 | |
| Specialist | Digestive surgery | 6 | |
| Specialist | Gynaecological surgery | 5 | |
| Specialist | Head and neck surgery | 6 | |
| Specialist | Soft tissue surgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | Orthopaedic surgery | 2 | |
| Specialist | Oncoplastic surgery | 4 | |
| Specialist | ENT surgery | yes | |
| Specialist | Sarcoma surgery | yes | |
| Technique | Video-assisted thoracoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Isolated Limb Hyperthermic Perfusion | yes | |
| Technique | Robotic surgery | yes | |
| Radiotherapy | |||
| Type | Name | Number | Uses per year |
| Machine | Linear accelerators | yes | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with IMRT/VMAT | 4 | |
| Machine | Linear accelerators with SBRT/SRS | yes | |
| Facility | Proton/carbon facilities | yes | |
| Machine | Dedicated SRS units | yes | |
| Machine | Cobalt Units | yes | |
| Machine | Brachytherapy unit | 2 | (low dose -LDR- and high dose -HDR- units) |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | yes | |
| Technique | Stereotactic radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Locoregional chemotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Chemoembolization | yes | |
| Technique | Therma Ablation (with radiofrequency or microwave) | yes | microwave |
| Technique | Intraperitoneal chemo-hyperthermia ( HIPEC) | 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 | Respiratory motion management | yes | |
| Technique | Adaptive radiotherapy | yes | |
| Technique | Conventional simulation | yes | |
| Technique | Virtual simulation for treatment planning | yes | |
| Technique | CT planning | 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 | Number | Uses per year |
| Facility | Transfusion Unit | yes | |
| Facility | Bone marrow / stem cell bank | 3 | |
| Facility | Cellular therapy unit with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) | yes | |
| Facility | Number of laminar flow rooms | 6 | |
| Facility | Number of sterile rooms | 12 | |
| Machine | Cytopheresis machine | yes | |
| Technique | Quality Vigilance System | yes | |
| Technique | Allogenic stem cell transplants | yes | 35 |
| Technique | Autologous bone marrow transplants | yes | |
| Technique | Autologous stem cell transplants | yes | 35 |
| Specialists | |||
| Type | Name | Number | Uses per year |
| Specialist | Physician with a specialisation in palliative care | 1 | |
| Specialist | Medical oncologist | yes | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialisation/certification in palliative care | yes | |
| Specialist | Nurse with a specialisation/certification in oncology | yes | |
| Specialist | Physician specialised in pain treatment | yes | |
| Specialist | Lung physician | yes | |
| Specialist | Radiotherapist | 10 | |
| Specialist | Psychologist or Psychotherapist | 15 | |
| Specialist | Psychiatrist | yes | |
| Specialist | Pharmacist | 15 | |
| Specialist | Social worker | yes | |
| Specialist | Spiritual care | yes | |
| Specialist | Physiotherapist | yes | |
| Specialist | Dietitian | 6 | |
| Others | |||
| Type | Name | Number | Uses per year |
| Facility | 24-hour Oncological Emergency Department | yes | |
| Technique | Interventional Endoscopy | yes | |
| Technique | Embolization with microparticles | yes | |
| Facility | Clinical Trial Center | yes | |
| Facility | Phase 1 Clinical Trial Unit | yes | |
| Technique | Peritoneal drainage | yes |
Prevention[edit | edit source]
| Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Number | Uses per year |
| Facility | Lung cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Breast cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Colorectal cancer screening program | yes | |
| Facility | Smoking detoxification center | yes |
Quality of Life[edit | edit source]
| Others | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Name | Number | Uses per year |
| Facility | Supportive care unit | yes | |
| Facility | Phone/mail contact service | yes | |
| Facility | Survivorship program | yes |
