Table 1.
Brachytherapy (BT) procedures in radiotherapy school. Modified from reference [7]
| BT procedures | Responders: available in the academic hospital or in the network (% of responders to the question) [% of the total participants to the survey] |
Responders: should be part of resident’s training (% of responders to the question) [% of the total participants to the survey] |
Total number of responders |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gynecologic | 21 (95%) [91%] | 13 (59%) [57%] | 22 |
| Prostate HDR | 4 (25%) [17%] | 15 (94%) [65%] | 16 |
| Prostate LDR | 6 (35%) [26%] | 13 (77%) [57%] | 17 |
| Skin | 14 (82%) [61%] | 9 (53%) [39%] | 17 |
| Breast | 8 (62%) [35%] | 8 (62%) [35%] | 13 |
| Esophagus | 9 (69%) [39%] | 8 (62%) [35%] | 13 |
| Head and neck | 8 (57%) [35%] | 9 (64%) [39%] | 14 |
| Lung (endobronchial) | 8 (80%) [35%] | 5 (50%) [22%] | 10 |
| Sarcoma | 9 (53%) [39%] | 12 (71%) [52%] | 17 |
| Eye | 9 (60%) [39%] | 8 (53%) [35%] | 15 |
| Rectal | 7 (54%) [30%] | 7 (54%) [30%] | 13 |
| Anus | 12 (75%) [52%] | 10 (63%) [43%] | 16 |
| BT in children | 6 (60%) [26%] | 5 (50%) [22%] | 10 |