Table 1: Demographic Data
| COUNTRY |
Russia |
| POPULATION |
140,702,094 (July 2008 est.) |
| AREA (sq km) |
17,075,200 |
| GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) |
$2.088 trillion (2007 est.) |
| NATIONAL SPEND ON HEALTHCARE |
|
| SOURCE(S) OF HEALTHCARE FUNDING |
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Table 2: Cancer Types
(Reference year for data = 2007)
|
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 |
53.3 |
no data |
|
|
| Breast |
318 |
1.6 |
|
|
| Lung |
79.9 |
16.5 |
|
|
| Head and Neck |
106.6 |
55.8 |
|
|
| Oesophagus |
7.4 |
32.9 |
|
|
| Rectum |
75.4 |
2.5 |
|
|
| Cervix |
109.3 |
51.2 |
|
|
| Uterus (body) |
123.6 |
3.2 |
|
|
| Lymphoma and Leukaemia |
47 |
15.2 |
|
|
| Brain |
no data |
no data |
|
|
| Thyroid |
10.2 |
no data |
|
|
| Sarcoma |
28.1 |
no data |
|
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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 and RTTs |
1500 |
1.066 |
| Number of Medical Physicists |
230 |
0.163 |
| Number of Radiobiologists |
no data |
no data |
| Number of Radiotherapy Nurses |
c.1750 |
c.1.244 |
| 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 |
71 |
0.051 |
| Cobalt Machines |
229 |
0.163 |
| Simulators |
23 |
0.0164 |
| Brachytherapy Afterloaders |
118 |
0.084 |
| IMRT |
2 |
0.0001 |
| IGRT |
0 |
0 |
| Proton Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| Carbon14 Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| MRI Treament Planning |
1 |
0.00007 |
| CT Treatment Planning |
28 |
0.020 |
| Gamma Knife/Stereotactic Systems |
1 |
0.00007 |
| Orthovoltage Machines |
126 |
0.089 |
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Table 5: Hospital Data
| Number of Hospitals with RT department |
136 |
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National Societies Directories
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