Durosinmi-Etti F A, Mouelle-Sone A
Department of Radiation Biology and Radiotherapy, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Radiother Oncol. 1993 Mar;26(3):260-3. doi: 10.1016/0167-8140(93)90268-d.
With 47% of the population under 15 years of age and the control of infectious and other communicable diseases, cancer will likely constitute a major health problem in West Africa in future. Radiotherapy facilities and trained manpower to run them are very limited within the subregion. This paper quantifies the severity of the situation and discusses a practical approach aimed at coping with the situation through the organisation of a training programme for radiotherapists, medical physicists and radiation technologists as part of the strategies for cancer control in West Africa. A curriculum is proposed for the training of radiotherapists.
由于15岁以下人口占比47%，以及对传染病和其他可传播疾病的控制，癌症未来很可能会成为西非的一个主要健康问题。该次区域内的放疗设施以及操作这些设施的专业人员非常有限。本文量化了这一情况的严重性，并讨论了一种切实可行的方法，即通过组织放疗技师、医学物理师和放射技术人员的培训计划，作为西非癌症控制策略的一部分来应对这一情况。文中还提出了放疗技师培训的课程设置。
