The Global Coalition for Radiotherapy (GCR) was formed in April 2020, to understand the challenges and opportunities facing radiotherapy delivery during the radical disruption of cancer services worldwide caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Timely advice and experience of adapting radiotherapy during the pandemic was shared by front line radiation oncologists from around the world via 3-weekly video meetings and daily website updates of relevant publications 

As the world moved through the pandemic the GCR momentum grew and virtual meetings attracted those with responsibility for global radiotherapy delivery: industry, providers of care, global health care organisations, patient advocates and radiotherapy professional leaders.

The need for a GCR in the post COVID-19 era is clear; a multidisciplinary group of leaders and a wide range of experts in radiotherapy to act as a hub of advice and collaboration to support the global radiotherapy community seize the opportunities for radiotherapy in technology advancement to adapt health care delivery.

How We Work

Who We Are

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Read About the Initiation of The Global Coalition for radiotherapy

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Read our commentary in The Lancet Oncology

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Meeting resources and links

13th April 2021

Dr Ajay Aggarwal: Public reporting of radiotherapy outcomes

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9th February 2021

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MEETING: “Putting the cloud to work to improve access to radiotherapy” Ben Nelms, Founder and Director of ProKnow and Benjamin Li, Founder & President of Rayos Contra Cancer and Radiation Oncology Residency, University of California San Francisco and the GCR "Strategic Framework discussion" Birgit Fleurent

8th December 2020

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Prof. Yolande Lievens - Evidence and economics as drivers for change in global radiotherapy

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13th October 2020

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dr David Thomson - Radiation Fractionation Schedules Recommended During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review of the Quality of Evidence and Considerations for Future Development (Link to presentation deck)

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1st September 2020

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Birgit Fleurent presenting the gcr strategic plan expert input

7th July 2020

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Professor Richard Sullivan - Global Cancer in the Time of COVID-19

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16th June 2020

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Isabel Mestres talking about how c/can have responded to covid-19

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Therese Linde - how can the GCR support advocacy efforts across the community?

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Prof. Nagata - the current status of RT in Japan with covid-19 infection (link to presentation deck)

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26th may 2020

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dr Louis potters - presenting from new york city to the gcr 

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dr julie torode, UICC director, special projects - covid-19 and cancer taskforce (link to presentation deck)

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5th May 2020

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Professor Filippi - presenting at the Global Coalition for Radiotherapy meeting

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5th May 2020

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Prof pat price - presenting the results of action Radiotherapy's flash survey

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8th April 2020

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global coalition for radiotherapy response to covid-19

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prof Conghua Xie & prof Melvin L.K. Chua - Global Radiotherapy response to COVID-19 COVID-19 and Cancer: Experience from Wuhan City, China and Practical measures for radiotherapy services; Wuhan and Singapore experience

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