History
Created in 1923 by a French authorities' ordinance, the ICM is one of the 18 French Comprehensive Cancer Centres, all non-for-profit private establishments entirely committed to fighting cancer. Directed by Prof.Marc Ychou, the ICM is a member of the UNICANCER group gathering all Cancer Centres in France. The ICM missions focus on a personalized and innovative global patient management (medical, psychological and social) from cancer detection to post-treatment follow-up. Over the years, the ICM rose at the forefront of the top-performing Comprehensive Cancer Centres for clinical, fundamental and translational research in France.
Profile
Montpellier Cancer Institute's activity is organized in 4 departments: Surgery, Radiotherapy, Medical oncology, Supportive care. Our organization allows to provide comprehensive care to patients with cancer and to streamline the provision of care in the institution. With more than 8 000 new cancer patients acknowledged each year, we provide closely integrated oncology and palliative care clinical services as a regional center of excellence.
- 1 062 total staff
- 149 beds
- 1 consultation area (65 115 consultation/year)
- 1 pathology department
- 1 imaging department
- 1 nuclear medicine department
- 1 operating area with 11 operating rooms 8 beds surgical intensive care unit
- Radiotherapy department (6 linear accelerator, 1 MRI guided linear accelerator, 45 820 sessions/year)
- 6 beds and 2 chairs in day-care for early phase clinical trials Ambulatory chemotherapy unit (30 beds/chairs in day-care, 2 544 patients/year)
- Ambulatory clinic (12 beds/chairs in day-care)
- Teaching hospital in collaboration with the Montpellier University
Specialities
We treat patients with solid tumors at all stages. In 2020, 32 834 patients were treated and followed-up, distributed as follows.
- 27,5 % Breast cancers (2 474 cases discussed in multidisciplinary team meetings (MDT)/year)
- 24% Digestive cancers (1 800 cases discussed in MDT/year)
- 11% Thoracic cancers (826 cases discussed in MDT/year)
- 9,4% Gynecological cancers (826 cases discussed in MDT/year)
- 9,3% Genitourinary cancers (257 cases discussed in MDT/year)
- 6,7% Head and neck cancers (302 cases discussed in MDT/year)
- 3,5% Sarcoma (1 136 cases discussed in MDT/year)
Palliative and Supportive Care
The Palliative and Supportive Care unit is a multidisciplinary team. The palliative care team is composed of 4 medical physicians, 4 nurses, 1 social worker and 1 psychologist. Our palliative care team is a cross-functional team with transversal activities.
In May 2021, the center opened a supportive care platform (consultation rooms, ambulatory beds, exercise hall, educational and therapeutic space). This new unit hosts our multidisciplinary supportive department staff:
- dieticians (7), medical nutritionist (3), nutrition specialized nurses (2)
- psycho-oncology unit (4 psychology practitioners, 1 psychiatrist, 1 doctor in psychology)
- physiotherapists (3), sports instructor (1),
- pain specialized physician (5) and nurses (2),
- social workers (5),
- palliative team,
- oncogeriatry physicians (2)
Last update: August 2021
