Hereafter, the complete medical services are listed:
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A 34 beds for Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Palliative Care, Haematology and General Oncology dedicated to patients who cannot be taken care of in the out-patient ward, or those who have problems too complex for the internal medicine ward. The care of these patients is guaranteed by specialized medical and nursing team. B The group coordinates within IOSI clinical and research activities of this disease, which is the most common tumour in women. G Genetic counceling in cancer (genetic oncology counceling) is aimed at healthy individuals as well as patients who wants to evaluate the risk of any predisposition in the rest of the family. H Diagnostic activity in hematologic and hemato-oncologic pathologies, combining morphological smears of peripheral blood and bone marrow evaluation at the microscope, to more specific methodologies such as flow cytometry and cytogenetics. L The unit deals with the research and the treatment of lymphomas, a tumoural disease originated from cells of the immune system. |
M This branch of medicine deals with prevention, diagnosis and tumour therapy. Specialty FMH N New Drugs Nuclear medicine studies, by using substances of low radioactive emissions and through high-tech equipments, metabolic, functional and biochemical processes of many organs and systems to characterize biological cellular activities. A very modern PET-CT equipment is available. P Palliative care consists in the active and global treatment, care and coaching of the patient, when the illness no longer responds to cure-oriented therapies and when one or more symptoms affect the patient's quality of life. The main goal of palliative care is to prevent and relieve suffering, in order to enhance the patient's and their family's quality of life.
The service provides psychological support aimed at reducing psychological distress, at maintaining an open communication between family and caring team, as well as to give a meaning and to integrate the disease in the own life experience. Specialty FMH
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The Radio-Oncology service is the discipline in charge to treat tumours with radiation therapy. Specialty FMH
T The transplant unit is responsible for the autologous stem cell transplants. U Unità di fisica medica |












