Collateral Activities
Psychological Support:
In the course of tumoral disease the patient may find himself or herself confronting psychological problems deriving from the changes taking place in his or her daily life. In this case, it may be useful to turn to a specific support.
Our Oncological Practice has a psycho-oncological service. Dr. Osvalda Varini provides her consultations both in our offices and in the Oncological Department of the Clinica Sant’Anna.
Social Support and in Everyday Life
Patients with particular difficulties can call on the Associazione Triangolo for assistance: on its volunteers for transportation to the centers of radiological therapy or for diagnostic examinations or for assistance in domestic activities; on the social workers to obtain prostheses, a wig, orthopedic support, etc., to activate financial support and to face problems related to work disability and successive professional re-insertion.
Second Opinion
Clarity is an indispensable element, both for the physician and for the patient when facing complex pathologies like oncological diseases.
Our Oncological Practice evaluates also requesting a second opinion with the purpose of eliminating doubts and uncertainties concerning the definitive therapeutic choice, a choice which must be fully agreed to by the patient.
Genetic Family Consultation
Scientific research increasingly directs its attention to the area of the decodification of the human genome. Today it is able to ascertain the hereditary origins of various forms of tumors. From this oncologists derive a new field of consultation: counseling families who bear this genetic predisposition, in particular with regard to their descendants.