Objective Cancer is 2nd only to heart disease as cause of death. Along with life expectancy cancer incidence is still going up. Long-term strategies for providing adequate care to the EU citizens are needed. Together with surgery, radiotherapy (RT) remains the most effective instrument for local control of tumours. Non-invasive, organ function and limb preserving, it is the curative treatment of choice for many tumour types and a cheap & highly effective option for palliation & symptom control. QUARTS aims at providing health care authorities with objective criteria for its infrastructure & staffing needs for RT. A quantitative analysis of demands on staff and infrastructure per tumour site & type and of a population- based hierarchy of treatment facilities, adaptable to local epidemiology & staffing costs will assist in prioritising financial resources. An inventory of facilities, their geographic spread & existing national guidelines will be drafted Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgerymedical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiologymedical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncology Programme(s) FP5-LIFE QUALITY - Specific Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Quality of life and management of living resources", 1998-2002 Topic(s) 1.1.1.-7. - Chronic and degenerative diseases, cancer, diabetes, cardivascular diseases and rare diseases Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme ACM - Preparatory, accompanying and support measures Coordinator EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY EU contribution No data Address Av. E. Mounier, 83/4 1200 BRUXELLES Belgium See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY NHS TRUST United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Clatterbridge Hospital CH42 9NY MERSEYSIDE See on map Total cost No data GRAY LABORATORY CANCER RESEARCH TRUST United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Mount Vernon Hospital HA6 2JR NORTHWOOD See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GASTHUISBERG Belgium EU contribution No data Address Herestraat 49 3000 LOUVAIN / LEUVEN See on map Total cost No data UPPSALA UNIVERSITY Sweden EU contribution No data Address Dag Hammarskjölds väg 20 751 85 UPPSALA See on map Total cost No data VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT MEDICAL CENTER Netherlands EU contribution No data Address De Boelelaan 1117 1007 MB AMSTERDAM See on map Total cost No data
