Navigation
About the Global Coalition for Radiotherapy
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
Experience
Leveraging all organisations work and experiences – a global Radiotherapy (RT) stakeholder coalition for all parties
Data
Rapid collection and dissemination of data from international experience to be shared in one place
Learning
Learning from Global experience through sharing what is or is not working in various countries
Technology
Linking with industry to find technical solutions
Policy
Thinking at an advocacy and policy level for what is needed for Radiotherapy in the short, medium and long term
Who We Are
Read About the Initiation of The Global Coalition for radiotherapy
Read our commentary in The Lancet Oncology
Meeting resources and links
13th july 2021
18th May 2021
13th April 2021
Dr Ajay Aggarwal: Public reporting of radiotherapy outcomes
9th February 2021
8th December 2020
Prof. Yolande Lievens - Evidence and economics as drivers for change in global radiotherapy
13th October 2020
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)
1st September 2020
Birgit Fleurent presenting the gcr strategic plan expert input
28th July 2020
7th July 2020
Professor Richard Sullivan - ‘The Future of Global Cancer in the Time of COVID?’ & Presentation deck
16th June 2020
Isabel Mestres talking about how c/can have responded to covid-19
Therese Linde - how can the GCR support advocacy efforts across the community?
Prof. Nagata - the current status of RT in Japan with covid-19 infection (link to presentation deck)
26th may 2020
dr Louis potters - presenting from new york city to the gcr
dr julie torode, UICC director, special projects - covid-19 and cancer taskforce (link to presentation deck)
5th May 2020
Professor Filippi - presenting at the Global Coalition for Radiotherapy meeting
5th May 2020
Prof pat price - presenting the results of action Radiotherapy's flash survey
8th April 2020
global coalition for radiotherapy response to covid-19
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
Organisations that support us
