Table 1: Demographic Data

COUNTRY	Czech Republic
POPULATION	10,220,911 (July 2008 est.)
AREA (sq km)	78,866
GDP (PPP)	$248.9 billion (2007 est.)
NATIONAL SPEND ON HEALTHCARE
SOURCE(S) OF HEALTHCARE FUNDING

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Table 2: Cancer Types

(Reference year for data = 2005)

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	96.87	1674
Breast	105.42	4600
Lung	60.96	2389
Head and Neck	15.15	1625
Oesophagus	4.6	219
Rectum	21.73	1831
Cervix	19.1	813
Uterus (body)	33.2	1016
Lymphoma		593
Brain	6.76	570
Thyroid	7.68	78
Leukaemia		77
Sarcoma	2.32	159

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Table 3: Health Professional Data

(Reference year for data = 2005)

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS	NUMBER OF (WHOLE TIME EQUIVALENT)	NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION
Number of Radiation Oncologists	173	1.693
Number of Medical Physicists	63	0.616
Number of Radiobiologists	5	0.020
Number of RTTs	285	2.788
Number of Radiotherapy Nurses	0	0.00
Number of Other (below)	0	0.00

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Table 4: Technology Data

(Reference year for data = 2007/8)

TECHNOLOGY	TOTAL NUMBER		NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION
Linear Accerlerators	34		0.333
Cobalt Machines	16		0.157
Simulators	20		0.196
Brachytherapy Afterloaders	18		0.176
IMRT	16		0.157
IGRT	8		0.078
Proton Therapy Machines	0		0
Carbon14 Therapy Machines	0		0
MRI Treament Planning	7		0.069
CT Treatment Planning	23		0.225
Gamma Knife/Sterotactic Systems	3		0.029
Orthovoltage Machines	24		0.235

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Table 5: Hospital Data

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National Societies Directories

• The Czech Society for Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics (SROBF)
• Czech Association of Medical Physicists (CAMP)

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Czech Republic TABLE 1: Demographic Data TABLE 2: Cancer Types TABLE 3: Health Professional Data TABLE 4: Technology Data TABLE 5: Hospital Data National Societies Directories