Table 1: Demographic Data
| COUNTRY |
The Netherlands |
| POPULATION |
16,645,313 (July 2008 est.) |
| AREA (sq km) |
41,526 |
| GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) |
$639.5 billion (2007 est.) |
| NATIONAL SPEND ON HEALTHCARE |
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| SOURCE(S) OF HEALTHCARE FUNDING |
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Table 2: Cancer Types
(Reference year for data = 2005)
|
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 |
108.7 |
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| Breast |
73.8 |
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|
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| Lung |
60.3 |
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| Head and Neck |
16.4 |
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| Oesophagus |
9.5 |
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| Rectum |
66.5 |
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| Cervix |
8.3 |
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| Uterus (body) |
22.4 |
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| Lymphoma |
19 |
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| Brain |
6.3 |
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|
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| Thyroid |
2.8 |
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| Leukaemia |
21 |
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| Sarcoma |
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Table 3: Health Professional Data
(Reference year for data = 2005)
|
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS |
NUMBER OF (WHOLE TIME EQUIVALENT) |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Number of Radiation Oncologists |
176 |
1.057 |
| Number of Medical Physicists |
80 |
0.481 |
| Number of Radiobiologists |
12 |
0.072 |
| Number of RTTs |
1020 |
6.128 |
| Number of Radiotherapy Nurses |
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| Number of Other |
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Table 4: Technology Data
(Reference year for data = 2005)
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TECHNOLOGY |
TOTAL NUMBER |
NUMBER /100,000 OF POPULATION |
| Linear Accelerators |
99 |
0.595 |
| Cobalt Machines |
0 |
0 |
| Simulators |
32 |
0.192 |
| Brachytherapy Afterloaders |
31 |
0.186 |
| IMRT |
|
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| IGRT |
|
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| Proton Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| Carbon14 Therapy Machines |
0 |
0 |
| MRI Treament Planning |
|
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| CT Treatment Planning |
23 |
0.138 |
| Gamma Knife/Stereotactic Systems |
2 |
0.012 |
| Orthovoltage Machines |
5 |
0.030 |
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Table 5: Hospital Data
| Number of Hospitals with RT department |
21 |
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