Assessment of the Radiation Therapy Model in the Dominican Republic and Its Impact on the Caribbean Islands

The Dominican Republic (DR) is an upper-middle-income country that has taken several strides to address cancer care at the national level (1). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) performed an analysis of the radiation therapy resources in 2004 and noted 3 radiation therapy centers with deficiencies in equipment as there were only 3 cobalt (60Co) teletherapy units and 1 linear accelerator (2). Afterward, an effort was undertaken to characterize the resources available for cancer care by the Fundación Plenitud, though only the resources of 2 radiation therapy centers were analyzed (3).

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