Amethyst Radiotherapy Key Facts and Figures

1. 7 out of 10 cancer patients will receive
RT
Treatment route for cancer patients- US figures
Radiotherapy
Surgery
6 patients /10
Chemotherapy
Source: www.astro.org
7 patients /10
5 patients /10

2. 7 out of 10 cancer patients will receive
RT, out of which 75% with a curative
intend
Data from ASTRO
“… Fast Facts About Radiation Therapy
•Nearly two-thirds of all cancer patients will receive radiation therapy
during their illness.
•For most cancer types treated with radiation therapy, at least 75% of the
patients are treated with the intent to cure the cancer, rather than control
the growth or relieve symptoms like pain….”
Source: www.astro.org

3. The radiotherapy opportunity
Radiotherapy intend in more and more
curative
Share of curative vs palliative RT- USA data
Source: JPMorgan /Elekta- report January 2012; ESTRO report 2004; Institut National du Cancer; American Cancer Society Reaserch; www.rtanswers.org

4. Practices in cancer care vary …
Proportion of new cancer patients treated with
radiotherapy
100%
70%
less than 50%
less than 20%
0%
US
Source: ASTRO, ESTRO data
Western Europe
Eastern Europe

5. In Europe 27, there are about 2,5million of
new cancer cases diagnosed per year
Prevalence* and incidence** of
cancers***
‘000 patients
3,000
2,500
3,081
2,444
2,000
1,355
1,500
1,017
1,000
333
500
480
0
Europe
324
146
70156
36100
France Germany Poland Romania Austria
* 5-year prevalence for adult population only.
** Incidence data for all ages.
*** All cancers excl. non-melanoma skin cancer
Source: GLOBOCAN 2008
31 72
22 58
Bulgaria
Croa a

6. There are a lot of discrepancies in medical
equipment available across Europe
Number of accelerators per 1,000,000
inhabitants
LINAC required
based on incidence
and appropriate rate
for each cancer type
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
France
LINAC
Installed
Source: DIRAC IAEA website
434
Germany
Europe 27 average
Poland
Romania
529
NA
99
17

7. France and Romania need to renew their
medical equipment for Radiotherapy. Over
75%, resp. over 90% of the linear
accelerators are older than 5y
Installation date of LINACs
Total France
< 5y
25%
5-10y
30%
Total Romania
< 5y
3%
> 15y
38%
10-15y
17%
Source: DIRAC IAEA website; Institut National du Cancer; Livre Blanc de la Radiotherapie 2013
> 15y
38%
5-10y
47%
10-15y
13%

8. In France, the penetration of IMRT
technique is very limited (6%). VMAT is
yet anecdotic
Split of RT sessions by radiation technique
Total France
Source: Institut National du Cancer; Livre Blanc de la Radiotherapie 2013