Status of radiotherapy resources in Africa: An International Atomic Energy Agency analysis

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Abdel Wahab, May ^a,b   Bourque, Jean Marc ^a,c   Pynda, Yaroslav ^a   Izewska, Joanna ^a   Van der Merwe, Debbie ^a   Zubizarreta, Eduardo ^a   Rosenblatt, Eduardo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; TELETHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84875779672     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70532-6     Document Type: Review

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