Radiotherapy in Australia: report on the second year of a pilot collection 2014–15
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Radiotherapy in Australia: report on the second year of a pilot collection 2014–15, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 28 April 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Radiotherapy in Australia: report on the second year of a pilot collection 2014–15. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Radiotherapy in Australia: report on the second year of a pilot collection 2014–15. AIHW, 2016.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Radiotherapy in Australia: report on the second year of a pilot collection 2014–15. Canberra: AIHW; 2016.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2016, Radiotherapy in Australia: report on the second year of a pilot collection 2014–15, AIHW, Canberra.
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- ISBN: 978-1-76054-026-5
- Cat. no: HSE 181
- Pages: 67
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56,400 courses of radiotherapy began in 2014–15—71% delivered by public providers, 29% delivered by private providers
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50% of patients received treatment within 10 days, and 90% received treatment within 28 days
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Breast and prostate cancers were the most common cancers—50% of these patients started treatment within 10 days
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58% of radiotherapy was curative (50% started treatment within 14 days, 90% started treatment within 33 days)