Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Jul 1;89(3):476-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.12.022.
The international growth of cancer and lack of available treatment is en route to become a global crisis. With >60% of cancer patients needing radiation therapy at some point during their treatment course, the lack of available facilities and treatment programs worldwide is extremely problematic. The number of deaths from treatable cancers is projected to increase to 11.5 million deaths in 2030 because the international population is aging and growing. In this review, we present how best to answer the need for radiation therapy facilities from a technical standpoint. Specifically, we examine whether cobalt teletherapy machines or megavoltage linear accelerator machines are best equipped to handle the multitudes in need of radiation therapy treatment in the developing world.
癌症的国际蔓延和治疗手段的缺乏正逐渐成为全球性危机。在癌症患者的治疗过程中，有超过 60%的患者需要接受放射治疗，而全球范围内缺乏相关治疗设施和项目的问题极其严重。预计到 2030 年，全球范围内可治疗癌症的死亡人数将增加到 1150 万，这是因为国际人口老龄化和增长的结果。在这篇综述中，我们从技术角度探讨了如何最好地满足对放射治疗设施的需求。具体来说，我们研究了钴远距离治疗机和兆伏直线加速器机哪种设备更适合处理发展中国家大量需要放射治疗的患者。
