Radiation therapists, the staff who deliver daily treatment, can be trained to outline normal organs on scans and to review patients during treatment, work that oncologists now do.
The UK, Canada, and Australia have advanced-practice radiation therapist roles covering organ-at-risk contouring, on-treatment review, palliative planning, and image-guidance decisions, with evidence of equivalence to physician performance and reduced waiting times. Most countries have no such role. Recognising and funding advanced practice would enlarge the effective workforce without new professions.
Shares Projected supply of and demand for oncologists and radiation oncologists through 2025: an aging, better-insured population will result in shortage, Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists.
Shares Projected supply of and demand for oncologists and radiation oncologists through 2025: an aging, better-insured population will result in shortage, Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists.
Shares Projected supply of and demand for oncologists and radiation oncologists through 2025: an aging, better-insured population will result in shortage, Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists.
Shares Projected supply of and demand for oncologists and radiation oncologists through 2025: an aging, better-insured population will result in shortage, Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists, Surgery and radiotherapy cure most, get least.
Shares Projected supply of and demand for oncologists and radiation oncologists through 2025: an aging, better-insured population will result in shortage, Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists.
Shares Projected supply of and demand for oncologists and radiation oncologists through 2025: an aging, better-insured population will result in shortage, Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists, IMRT / IGRT (modern external beam).
Shares Projected supply of and demand for oncologists and radiation oncologists through 2025: an aging, better-insured population will result in shortage, Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists.
Shares Projected supply of and demand for oncologists and radiation oncologists through 2025: an aging, better-insured population will result in shortage, Not enough oncologists, nurses, pathologists, physicists.