Advanced Skills in Modern Radiotherapy 2018

Pros and cons of this patient selection approach

Pros: - Same approach used in the past to send patients abroad - Usually justified with the need of being based on “evidence” - Safe and predictable from the budget perspective.

Cons: - It is more or less the opposite of “personalized medicine” - Lacks a clear path for testing new indications - It does not take advantage of a unique feature of RT, i.e. treatment planning.