Need for Radiotherapy in Low and Middle Income Countries - The Silent Crisis Continues

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 107-114

  Zubizarreta, E H ^a   Fidarova, E ^a   Healy, B ^a   Rosenblatt, E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Low and middle income countries; Radiotherapy availability; Radiotherapy needs; Radiotherapy utilisation; Resources

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL ASIAN; COMMUNITY; COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOSIMETRY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUROPE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TELETHERAPY; TRAINING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; NEOPLASMS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84920759692     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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