ESTRO 2024 - Abstract Book

S2875

Interdiscplinary - Other

ESTRO 2024

centres in Nigeria regarding RT equipment, workforce and infrastructure to quantify their ability to deliver effective RT to their patients.

Material/Methods:

A survey addressing ten (10) critical areas was used to assess the eight (8) Government-funded RT centres in Nigeria.

Results:

Unfortunately, 6 of the 8 centres (75%) surveyed have not treated patients with RT over the last 2 years because they do not have functioning teletherapy machines. Only 2 RT centres have the capability of treating patients using advanced RT techniques. There is no PET-CT scan in any of the Government-funded RTcentres. The workforce capacity and infrastructure across the 8 centres are limited. All of the centres lack residency training programmes for medical physicists and radiation therapy technologists (RTTs) resulting in very few well-trained staff.

Conclusion:

As the Nigeria government plans for the new National Cancer Control Plan, there is an urgent need to scale up access to radiotherapy by upgrading the RT equipment, workforce and infrastructure to meet the current needs of Nigerian cancer patients. While the shortfall is apparent from a variety of radiotherapy-capacity data bases, this detailed analysis provides essential information for an implementation plan involving solutions from within Nigeria and with global partners.

Keywords: Workforce, Equipment, Infrastructure

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Poster Discussion

STereotactic Radioablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly: a prospective phase-II trial

Alba Fiorentino 1,2 , Antonio Di Monaco 3 , Fabiana Gregucci 1 , Alessia Surgo 1 , Maria Paola Ciliberti 1 , Roberta Carbonara 1 , Valerio Davi' 1 , Morena Caliandro 4 , Ilaria Bonaparte 1 , Massimo Grimaldi 3 1 General Regional hospital F Miulli, Radiation Oncology, Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA), Italy. 2 Medicine Department, University LUM, Casamassima, Italy. 3 General Regional hospital F Miulli, Cardiology Unit, Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA), Italy. 4 General Regional hospital F Miulli, Radiation Oncology, Acquaviva dell Fonti (BA), Italy

Purpose/Objective:

the aim of this phase II trial is to investigate the feasibility of stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR) for the treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) in elderly patients (NCT04575662).