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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(20):1516-1517; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.20.1516
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 20, 1516-1517, October 17, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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Australian Report Urges Nationwide Radiation Therapy Plan

Laura Newman

Australia’s Radiation Oncology Tripartite Committee (ROTC) recently released an extensive audit of radiation oncology services, hoping to make purported shortfalls in radiation oncology across Australia a campaign issue in the country’s November elections. Although the report was widely discussed within Australia—with broad consensus that the problems are real—agreement on solutions is not in sight.

Issued as a strategic plan by the profession, the report flagged problems in waiting lists for radiation therapy, staff shortages, inattention to training, and a lack of planning and coordination at the federal and state level. An "immediate crisis" exists in the radiation therapy sector, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Separate Government Inquiry

‘A Very Clear Problem’


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