Table 2.
Comparison of radiotherapy resources described in reported literature vs. the DIRAC database (57).
| Countries | # RT centers (literature) | # RT centers (DIRAC) | # Linacs + Cobalts needed | # Linacs (literature) | # Linacs (DIRAC) | # Cobalt-60s (literature) | # Cobalt-60s (DIRAC) | # Brachy units needed | # Brachy units (literature) | # Brachy units (DIRAC) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICA | ||||||||||
| Ghana (8) | 0 | 3 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 3 |
| Liberia (8) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigeria (5, 6) | 5 | 9 | 16 | – | 8 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 6 |
| Sierra Leone (8) | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 |
| South Africa (14) | >13 | 39 | 48 | 20 | 68 | 19 | 11 | 25 | >5 | 25 |
| Uganda | – | 1 | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| AMERICAS | ||||||||||
| Argentina (24) | – | 82 | 15 | 12 | 80 | 80 | 36 | 8 | – | 34 |
| Bolivia | – | 5 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 5 |
| Brazil (24) | – | 222 | 33 | 55 | 285 | 110 | 63 | 17 | – | 135 |
| Chile (24) | – | 27 | 21 | 6 | 41 | 14 | 12 | 11 | – | 19 |
| Colombia | – | 55 | 16 | – | 43 | – | 35 | 8 | – | 23 |
| Costa Rica | – | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Cuba | – | 9 | 9 | – | 4 | – | 10 | 5 | – | 6 |
| Dominican Republic | – | 9 | 5 | – | 10 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 2 |
| Ecuador | – | 10 | 7 | – | 11 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 |
| El Salvador | – | 4 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 2 |
| Guatemala | – | 8 | 6 | – | 7 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 5 |
| Haiti | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 |
| Mexico (22) | 83 | 91 | 14 | – | 74 | – | 61 | 8 | – | 60 |
| Nicaragua | – | 1 | 3 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 0 |
| Panama | – | 2 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 1 |
| Paraguay | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 |
| Peru (24) | – | 18 | – | 1 | 26 | 11 | 9 | – | – | 4 |
| Uruguay | – | 10 | 7 | – | 14 | – | 8 | 4 | – | 6 |
| Venezuela | – | 60 | 4 | – | 51 | – | 31 | 2 | – | 23 |
| ASIA | ||||||||||
| Azerbeijan | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Bangladesh | – | 14 | 10 | – | 9 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Cambodia (31) | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| China (28) | – | 1050 | 87 | 62 | 1014 | 186 | 516 | 44 | – | 12 |
| India (27, 34) | 129 | 314 | 19 | 47 | 187 | 184 | 333 | 10 | 113 | 305 |
| Indonesia (33) | 22 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 9 | – | 11 |
| Malaysia | – | 25 | 13 | – | 37 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 5 |
| Myanmar | – | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | – | 5 |
| Nepal (35) | – | 5 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Papau New Guinea | – | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 |
| Philippines | – | 34 | 5 | – | 29 | – | 10 | 3 | – | 13 |
| Saudi Arabia | – | 12 | – | – | 29 | – | 1 | – | – | 9 |
| Sri Lanka | – | 7 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 11 | 4 | – | 3 |
| Thailand | – | 29 | 54 | – | 48 | – | 28 | 32 | – | 24 |
| Turkey (32) | 90 | 95 | 30 | 146 | 144 | 40 | 59 | 15 | 35 | 33 |
| Vietnam (43) | 9 | 19 | – | 3 | 18 | 13 | 19 | – | 12 | 7 |
| EUROPE | ||||||||||
| Belarus | – | 12 | 9 | – | 11 | – | 21 | 5 | – | 12 |
| Bulgaria | – | 13 | 8 | – | 5 | – | 10 | 4 | – | 15 |
| Hungary | – | 13 | – | – | 32 | – | 11 | – | – | 11 |
| Republic of Moldova | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Romania | – | 22 | 8 | – | 19 | – | 15 | 4 | – | 6 |
| Ukraine | – | 56 | 15 | – | 21 | – | 89 | 8 | – | 50 |
Only countries covered in the systematic review are included. Data inferred from the literature contained only non-DIRAC or IAEA sources. Data from DIRAC were reported according to the most updated web database. DIRAC, Directory of Radiotherapy Centres. Cobalts, cobalt-60 units. “–” symbol indicates no information available.