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WCLC 2025 | Reducing treatment inequalities with advanced radiotherapy technology
May Abdel-Wahab, MD, PhD, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, highlights the importance of advanced technologies like radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in expanding treatment options, particularly in underserved areas where specialized surgeons may be scarce. Extending innovative treatments, including advanced radiotherapy technologies, is necessary to increase equity in access to life-saving therapies, This interview took place at 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) in Barcelona, Spain.
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What are the advanced technologies like radiosurgery or SBRT, stereotactic body radiotherapy, are extremely important. There’s a lot of exciting data that shows that they provide equivalent results in many cases to, let’s say, surgery. So, especially in places where you don’t have enough, let’s say, neurosurgeons or thoracic surgeons, and so forth...
What are the advanced technologies like radiosurgery or SBRT, stereotactic body radiotherapy, are extremely important. There’s a lot of exciting data that shows that they provide equivalent results in many cases to, let’s say, surgery. So, especially in places where you don’t have enough, let’s say, neurosurgeons or thoracic surgeons, and so forth. So, how does the population manage that? One of the ways is to be able to extend new ways of treating, whether it’s advanced radiotherapy technologies or otherwise, to support and increase equity in terms of access to technologies that support these areas that are missing.
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