Onkológia 5/2011

Radiotherapy in Slovakia – what is the way forward?

Radiation oncology in Slovakia is placed in precarious position. There is shortage of technology for modern conformal radiotherapy on one side. Paradoxically, technological advances have diverted the specialty away from traditional clinical care on the other side. While technology supplementation and health care infrastructure optimization could not be readily resolved, the focus and status of this field of medicine remains in hands of radiation oncologists.

Keywords: radiation oncology, conformal radiotherapy, technology