Table 1.

Number of Italian brachytherapy centres, patients and planning, and delivery techniques for diverse tumour sites

Site	RT Centre (n)	Patients per year	HDR (n)	PDR (n)	LDR (n)	Planning technique		Treatments per year		Imaging for planning
						2D	3D	Radical	Palliative
Vagina	31	1089	1041	48	0	3	28	1071	18	CT = 28
										RX = 3
										MRI = 0
										US = 0
Utero-vaginal	26	879	821	58	0	0	26	863	16	CT = 25
										RX = 0
										MRI = 1
										US = 0
Prostate	11	268	59	0	209	1	10	268	0	CT = 0
										RX = 0
										MRI = 0
										US = 11
Breast	6	84	84	0	0	0	6	84	0	CT = 6
										RX = 0
										MRI = 0
										US = 0
Anus	10	38	36	2	0	0	10	82	2	CT = 8
										RX = 1
										MRI = 1
										US = 0
Rectum	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	3	1	CT = 4
										RX = 0
										MRI = 0
										US = 0
Head and neck	6	36	36	0	0	0	6	30	6	CT = 6
										RX = 0
										MRI = 0
										US = 0
Bile ducts	4	7	7	0	0	1	3	4	3	CT = 3
										RX = 1
										MRI = 0
										US = 0
Esophagus	9	35	35	0	0	3	6	23	12	CT = 6
										RX = 3
										MRI = 0
										US = 0
Skin	16	206	206	0	0	6	10	203	3	CT = 10
										RX = 3
										MRI = 0
										US = 3
Choroidal Melanoma	5	115	0	0	115	3	2	115	0	CT = 0
										RX = 0
										MRI = 0
										US = 5
BRONCHUS	9	36	36	0	0	4	5	21	15	CT = 5
										RX = 4
										MRI = 0
										US = 0

RT – radiotherapy, LDR – low-dose-rate, HDR – high-dose-rate, PDR – pulsed-dose-rate