Table 1: Demographic Data
| COUNTRY |
France |
| POPULATION |
64,057,790 (July 2008 est.) |
| AREA (sq km) |
547,730 |
| GDP (PPP) |
£2.047 trillion (2007 est.) |
| NATIONAL SPEND ON HEALTHCARE |
|
| SOURCE(S) OF HEALTHCARE FUNDING |
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Table 2: Cancer Types
(Reference year for data = 2002)
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
| Breast |
101 |
|
|
|
| Lung |
137 |
|
|
|
| Head and Neck |
40 |
|
|
|
| Oesophagus |
16 |
|
|
|
| Rectum |
120 |
|
|
|
| Cervix |
13 |
|
|
|
| Uterus (body) |
19 |
|
|
|
| Lymphoma |
|
|
|
|
| Brain |
15 |
|
|
|
| Thyroid |
|
|
|
|
| Leukaemia |
|
|
|
|
| Sarcoma |
|
|
|
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Table 3: Health Professional Data
(Reference year for data = 2006)
|
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS |
NUMBER OF (WHOLE TIME EQUIVALENT) |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Number of Radiation Oncologists |
673 |
1.051 |
| Number of Medical Physicists |
368 |
0.575 |
| Number of Radiobiologists |
|
|
| Number of RTTs |
1984 |
3.097 |
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Table 4: Technology Data
(Reference year for data = 2006)
|
TECHNOLOGY |
TOTAL NUMBER |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Linear Accelerators |
329 |
0.514 |
| Cobalt Machines |
20 |
0.031 |
| Simulators |
|
|
| Brachytherapy Afterloaders |
|
|
| IMRT |
|
|
| IGRT |
|
|
| Proton Therapy Machines |
3 |
0.005 |
| Carbon14 Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| MRI Treament Planning |
|
|
| CT Treatment Planning |
|
|
| Gamma Knife/Stereotactic Systems |
22 |
0.034 |
| Orthovoltage Machines |
10 |
0.016 |
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Table 5: Hospital Data
| Number of Hospitals with RT department |
179 |
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National Society Directories
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