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Please check CMAJ, 132, 351-357, 1985, for recommendations regarding Radiation Oncology Manpower Planning for Canada. This article was written at a time when there was a desperate shortage of such Specialists in Canada, and since its publication , there has been a steady improvement in the situation. Multidisciplinary workforce planning should be based on the numbers of patients requiring care for specific problems in each province, which will require long-term assessment over time.
Peter Froud, FRCR, FRCPC.