Radioterapija v Sloveniji Radiotherapy in Slovenia

Povzetek

Zdravljenje z obsevanjem ali radioterapija je eden od treh temeljnih načinov zdravljenja raka. V Sloveniji zdravljenje z obsevanjem izvajamo na Onkološkem inštitutu v Ljubljani in v manjšem obsegu od novembra 2016 tudi na Oddelku za radioterapijo v Univerzitetnem kliničnem centru v Mariboru. V Sloveniji smo v zadnjih letih v povprečju vsako leto opravili preko 6.000 teleradioterapevtskih obsevanj pri skoraj 5.000 bolnikih, ob tem pa letno opravimo tudi približno 400 brahiterapevtskih posegov. V članku je prikazano trenutno stanje na področju radioterapije v Sloveniji, na osnovi rezultatov nekaterih mednarodnih raziskav pa tudi, kam nas trenutne strojne in kadrovske zmogljivosti na tem področju uvrščajo v evropskem merilu.

Abstract (Eng)

Treatment with irradiation or radiotherapy is one of the three basic cancer treatment methods. In Slovenia, radiotherapy is carried out at the Institute of Oncology in Ljubljana and since November 2016 in a lesser extent also at the Department of Radiotherapy in the University Medical Centre in Maribor. In recent years in Slovenia, we performed on average over 6,000 teletherapy procedures in approximately 5,000 patients, and also around 400 brachytherapy procedures annually. This paper shows the current situation in the field of radiotherapy in Slovenia and also, based on the results of several international studies, where our current hardware and personnel capacities in this area put us in the European scale.