Table 1: Demographic Data
| COUNTRY |
Portugal |
| POPULATION |
10,676,910 (July 2008 est.) |
| AREA (sq km) |
92,391 |
| GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) |
$230.5 billion (2007 est.) |
| NATIONAL SPEND ON HEALTHCARE |
|
| SOURCE(S) OF HEALTHCARE FUNDING |
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Table 2: Cancer Types
(Reference year for data = 2001)
|
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 |
80.2 |
|
|
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| Breast |
46 |
|
|
|
| Lung |
23.7 |
|
|
|
| Head and Neck |
12.0 |
|
|
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| Oesophagus |
4.7 |
|
|
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| Rectum |
19.5 |
|
|
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| Cervix |
14.8 |
|
|
|
| Uterus (body) |
14.6 |
|
|
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| Lymphoma |
11.2 |
|
|
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| Brain |
6.2 |
|
|
|
| Thyroid |
6.6 |
|
|
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| Leukaemia |
8.2 |
|
|
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| Sarcoma |
|
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Table 3: Health Professional Data
(Reference year for data = 2007/8)
|
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS |
NUMBER OF (WHOLE TIME EQUIVALENT) |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Number of Radiation Oncologists |
76 |
0.712 |
| Number of Medical Physicists |
42 |
0.393 |
| Number of Radiobiologists |
2 |
0.019 |
| Number RTTs |
210 |
1.967 |
| Number of Radiotherapy Nurses |
0 |
0 |
| Number of Other |
|
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Table 4: Technology Data
(Reference year for data = 2007)
|
TECHNOLOGY |
TOTAL NUMBER |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Linear Accelerators |
32 |
0.300 |
| Cobalt Machines |
5 |
0.047 |
| Simulators |
8 |
0.075 |
| Brachytherapy Afterloaders |
24 |
0.225 |
| IMRT |
3 |
0.028 |
| IGRT |
1 |
0.009 |
| Proton Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| Carbon14 Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| MRI Treament Planning |
0 |
0 |
| CT Treatment Planning |
14 |
0.131 |
| Gamma Knife/Stereotactic Systems |
4 |
0.038 |
| Orthovoltage Machines |
1 |
0.009 |
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Table 5: Hospital Data
| Number of Hospitals with RT department |
17 |
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Additional Comments
Table 4 and Table 5
Data contains information for both Public and Private Hospitals.
In table 4, the data for 'simulators' and 'CT Treatment planning' only contain the data for Public Hospitals.
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