Development and status of the time spent in curing accompaniment during radiotherapy at the level of a French region in 2010

Based on questionnaires sent to health department managers and to electro-radiology operators in a whole French region, this study aimed at identifying which personnel is in charge of accompaniment during a radiotherapy, when this accompaniment time occurs with respect to medical consultation, whether a specific space exists, and if all patients are accompanied. It appears that a large majority of treatment centres are active in terms of accompaniment, but in very heterogeneous ways. Short communication