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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

Breast

46

Lung

23.7

Head and Neck

12.0

Oesophagus

4.7

Rectum

19.5

Cervix

14.8

Uterus (body)

14.6

Lymphoma

11.2

Brain

6.2

Thyroid

6.6

Leukaemia

8.2

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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