Department of Radiation Oncology, Sydney West Radiation Oncology Network, Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
Medicine, Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
J Med Radiat Sci. 2021 Mar;68(1):2-3. doi: 10.1002/jmrs.454. Epub 2020 Dec 1.
A transparent and equitable process for selecting patients who will benefit most from treatment at the Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy as well as providing cost benefit for the investment made by government for this valuable resource, needs to be in place as soon as the Centre becomes operational, particularly for patients with more common cancers. Markov modelling is one method of patient selection and an example is provided in this issue of the Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences.
需要建立一个透明且公平的流程,以选择最能从澳大利亚布拉开质子治疗中心治疗中获益的患者,并为政府对这一宝贵资源的投资带来成本效益,该中心一旦投入运营,就需要立即采取这种措施,特别是对于患有更常见癌症的患者。马尔可夫模型是一种患者选择方法,本期《医学放射科学杂志》提供了一个示例。