Development of staffing, workload and infrastructure in member departments of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) radiation oncology group

Purpose The EORTC Radiation Oncology Group uses a Facility Questionnaire (FQ) to collect information from its member radiation oncology departments. We analysed the FQ database for patient-related workload, staffing levels and infrastructure determine developments in departments clinical trials community. Materials & Methods exported August 2019. Departments were included if their was created or updated within two preceding years. Observations compared with previous evaluations of database. Results In total, 161 24 mostly European countries analysed. average number patients per department increased by 3.0% 2,453 (2013: 2,381). annual decreased 7.4% 225 oncologist 243) 7.9% 326 medical physicist 354). contrast, 23.3% 106 therapist (RTT) 86) treatment unit 3.9 % 485 467). pairwise comparison that available 2013 2019, (p = 0.02) 0.0003) significantly. own dedicated PET-CT scanner more than doubled 4%; 2019: 9%) availability stereotactic body therapy (SBRT) 31.8% 85.7% 65%). Conclusion case-related workload continues decrease but increases RTT unit. This is likely driven an use complex techniques, multimodality imaging implementation automation