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BULGARIA


Table 1: Demographic Data

COUNTRY Bulgaria
POPULATION 7,262,675 (July 2008 est.)
AREA (sq km) 110,910
GDP (PPP) $86.32 billion (2007 est.)
NATIONAL SPEND ON HEALTHCARE
SOURCE(S) OF HEALTHCARE FUNDING

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Table 2: Cancer Types

(Reference year for data = 2004)

CANCER TYPES

INCIDENCE (/100,000 OF POPULATION)

NUMBER OF RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENTS PER YEAR (/100,000 INCIDENCE)

% OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH RADIOTHERAPY 

AVERAGE TIME FROM DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENT (WEEKS)

Prostate

20.8

1.8

Breast

46.1

31.6

Lung

48.2

7.9

Head and Neck

15.4

11.8

Oesophagus

Rectum

22.4

3.9

Cervix

11.3

14.1

Uterus (body)

12.8

15.4

Lymphoma

10.2

3.5

Brain

8.3

2.9

Thyroid

2.7

2.1

Leukaemia

12.9

Sarcoma

3.6

0.7

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Table 3: Health Professional Data

(Reference year for data = 2008)

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

NUMBER OF (WHOLE TIME EQUIVALENT)

NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION

Number of Radiation Oncologists

57

0.785

Number of Medical Physicists

27

0.372

 

Number of Radiobiologists

0

0.00

Number of RTTs

84

1.157

Number of Radiotherapy Nurses

82

1.129

Number of Other

3

0.04 

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Table 4: Technology Data

(Reference year for data = 2008)

TECHNOLOGY

TOTAL NUMBER

NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION 

Linear Accerlerators

2

0.03 

Cobalt Machines

12

0.165

Simulators

2

0.03

Brachytherapy Afterloaders

1

0.014

IMRT

1

0.014

IGRT

0

0

Proton Therapy Machines

0

0

Carbon14 Therapy Machines

0

0

MRI Treament Planning

0

0

CT Treatment Planning

2

0.03

Gamma Knife/Stereotactic Systems

0

0

Orthovoltage Machines

36

0.496

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Table 5: Hospital Data

Number of Hospitals with RT department

      13

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