Bringing radiation therapy to underserved nations: An increasingly global responsibility in an ever-shrinking world

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 440-442

  Zietman, Anthony ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

EID: 84902082212     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.03.046     Document Type: Editorial

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