amethyst radiotherapy key facts and figures
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7 out of 10 cancer patients will receive RTTreatment route for cancer patients- US figures
Radiotherapy 7 patients /10
Surgery 6 patients /10
Chemotherapy 5 patients /10
Source: www.astro.org
Data from ASTRO
“… Fast Facts About Radiation Therapy
•Nearly two-thirds of all cancer patients will receive radiation therapy during their illness.•For most cancer types treated with radiation therapy, at least 75% of the patients are treated with the intent to cure the cancer, rather than control the growth or relieve symptoms like pain….”
7 out of 10 cancer patients will receive RT, out of which 75% with a curative intend
Source: www.astro.org
Source: JPMorgan /Elekta- report January 2012; ESTRO report 2004; Institut National du Cancer; American Cancer Society Reaserch; www.rtanswers.org
The radiotherapy opportunity
Radiotherapy intend in more and more curative Share of curative vs palliative RT- USA data
Proportion of new cancer patients treated with radiotherapy
Practices in cancer care vary …
Source: ASTRO, ESTRO data
Prevalence* and incidence** of cancers***‘000 patients
In Europe 27, there are about 2,5million of new cancer cases diagnosed per year
* 5-year prevalence for adult population only. ** Incidence data for all ages.
*** All cancers excl. non-melanoma skin cancerSource: GLOBOCAN 2008
Number of accelerators per 1,000,000 inhabitants
There are a lot of discrepancies in medical equipment available across Europe
Source: DIRAC IAEA website
LINAC required based on incidence
and appropriate rate for each cancer type
LINAC Installed 434 529 NA 99 17
Source: DIRAC IAEA website; Institut National du Cancer; Livre Blanc de la Radiotherapie 2013
France and Romania need to renew their medical equipment for Radiotherapy. Over 75%, resp. over 90% of the linear accelerators are older than 5y
Total France Total Romania
Installation date of LINACs
> 15y38% > 15y
38%
< 5y3%< 5y
25%
10-15y17% 10-15y
13%
5-10y47%
5-10y30%
In France, the penetration of IMRT technique is very limited (6%). VMAT is yet anecdoticSplit of RT sessions by radiation techniqueTotal France
Source: Institut National du Cancer; Livre Blanc de la Radiotherapie 2013