Presentation of the Centre
Founded by the Doctor G. Reboul in 1946, the Institut Sainte Catherine is a no-profit hospital specialised in early diagnosis and medical cancer treatment, focused on care, teaching, clinical research and prevention. We are one of the 5 largest radiotherapy center in France with 56,000 radiotherapy sessions, 16,000 chemotherapy courses, 20,000 patients and 3,000 new patients, per year.
Main Research Activities
The Institute is certificated ISO 9001 since 2018 for its clinical trial investigation activity, and involves one dedicated physician, 2 senior clinical research coordinators end 11 clinical research associates. More than 2,600 patients are currently being monitored in clinical trials with 300 new patients every year.
Core Facilities
4 Hospitalisation Units:
- 66 beds for conventional hospitalisation, 22 beds for week hospitalisation, 52 beds for outpatient hospitalisation with 4 beds for clinical research and 6 beds for care support.
A Radiotherapy Platform:
- 7 Varian linear accelerators with onboard imaging, 2 “Novalis Truebeam”, 2 Halcyons
- 1 simuloscanner, 1 MR with simulation assignments 1 link with the PET, a Dosimetry with 14 treatment planning systems, 1 Brachytherapy equipement.
A Medical Imaging Technology Platform:
- 1 diagnostic CT-scan, 1 MR, 3 digital mammograms with angiomammography and tomosynthesis equipment.
Education
The Institute is involved in national, and international scientific societies (SFRO, SFPO, SFPM, ESTRO…) as in the Organisation of national trainings with VARIAN, MERCK and scientific meetings.