Table 1: Demographic Data
| COUNTRY |
Lithuania |
| POPULATION |
3,565,205 (July 2008 est.) |
| AREA (sq km) |
65,300 |
| GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) |
$59.64 billion (2007 est.) |
| NATIONAL SPEND ON HEALTHCARE |
|
| SOURCE(S) OF HEALTHCARE FUNDING |
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Table 2: Cancer Types
(Reference year for data = 2006)
|
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 |
129 |
919 |
|
|
| Breast |
39.3 |
962 |
|
|
| Lung |
46.2 |
267 |
|
|
| Head and Neck |
9.7 |
280 |
|
|
| Oesophagus |
4.9 |
|
|
|
| Rectum |
20.9 |
|
|
|
| Cervix |
27.4 |
338 |
|
|
| Uterus (body) |
30.7 |
177 |
|
|
| Lymphoma |
8.6 |
89 |
|
|
| Brain |
7.6 |
153 |
|
|
| Thyroid |
9.5 |
764 |
|
|
| Leukaemia |
5.2 |
11 |
|
|
| Sarcoma |
|
|
|
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Table 3: Health Professional Data
(Reference year for data = 2007)
|
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS |
NUMBER OF (WHOLE TIME EQUIVALENT) |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Number of Radiation Oncologists |
45 |
1.262 |
| Number of Medical Physicists |
24 |
0.673 |
| Number of Radiobiologists |
2 |
0.056 |
| Number of RTTS |
55 |
1.543 |
| Number of Radiotherapy Nurses |
0 |
0.00 |
| Number of Other |
|
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Table 4: Technology Data
(Reference year for data = 200-)
|
TECHNOLOGY |
TOTAL NUMBER |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Linear Accelerators |
6 |
0.168 |
| Cobalt Machines |
4 |
0.112 |
| Simulators |
3 |
0.084 |
| Brachytherapy Afterloaders |
6 |
0.168 |
| IMRT |
0 |
0 |
| IGRT |
0 |
0 |
| Proton Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| Carbon14 Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| MRI Treament Planning |
0 |
0 |
| CT Treatment Planning |
3 |
0.084 |
| Gamma Knife/Stereotactic Systems |
0 |
0 |
| Orthovoltage Machines |
4 |
0.112 |
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Table 5: Hospital Data
| Number of Hospitals with RT department |
4 |
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National Societies Directories
- Lithuanian Society for Radiation Therapy (LSRT)
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