Khader Jamal, Al Mousa Abdelatif, Al-Kayed Samir, Mahasneh Hana, Mubaidin Rasmi, Al Nassir Nabeel, Khatib Sami, Qasem Adnan, Haddadin Inad, Elayan Elayan, Al Khatib Sondos
Radiation Oncology Department, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan.
Al Afia Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine Center, Amman, Jordan.
JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Jun;6:852-858. doi: 10.1200/GO.20.00074.
Radiation therapy (RT) for patients with cancer in Jordan began with a small individual effort and has now grown to be one of the most prominent treatment centers in the Middle East. Currently, there are 4 different centers that provide RT not only for the people of Jordan but also for citizens of other neighboring Arab countries. Because Jordan is a developing country, it still faces problems with the insufficient number of RT machines available and their supporting staff (physicists and technologists among others). In this article, we shed light on the history and current status of radiation oncology in Jordan and discuss the challenges we face.
约旦癌症患者的放射治疗始于个人的小规模努力，如今已发展成为中东地区最著名的治疗中心之一。目前，有4个不同的中心不仅为约旦民众提供放射治疗，也为其他周边阿拉伯国家的公民提供服务。由于约旦是一个发展中国家，在放射治疗设备及其辅助人员（包括物理学家和技术人员等）数量不足方面仍面临问题。在本文中，我们将介绍约旦放射肿瘤学的历史和现状，并讨论我们所面临的挑战。
