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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000 92(3):186-188; doi:10.1093/jnci/92.3.186
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 3, 186-188, February 2, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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Canada Faces Shortage Of Radiation Therapists

Judith Randal

Although the Canadian province of Ontario has sufficient radiation therapy facilities to meet patient demand, only a third of Ontarians who need this therapy are able to start it within 4 weeks of referral.

The chief reason for this bottleneck is a shortage of technicians—or radiation therapists as they are called in the U.S. and Canada—who staff the machines. According to Tom McGowan, M.D., of Cancer Care Ontario (the provincial government’s umbrella agency for cancer treatment), Ontario is experiencing rapid population growth. That growth—along with rising numbers of elderly— has contributed to the shortage by increasing the demand for radiotherapy by about 4% a year. But he . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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