A Systematic Review of Radiotherapy Capacity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Grover, Surbhi ^a   Xu, Melody J ^a   Yeager, Alyssa ^a   Rosman, Lori ^b   Groen, Reinou S ^c   Chackungal, Smita ^d   Rodin, Danielle ^e   Mangaali, Margaret ^a   Nurkic, Sommer ^b   Fernandes, Annemarie ^a   Lin, Lilie L ^a   Thomas, Gillian ^e   Tergas, Ana I ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

global health; low and middle income countries; radiation capacity; radiation oncology access; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARIBBEAN; CINAHL; DATA AVAILABILITY; EASTERN EUROPE; EGYPT; EMBASE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELETHERAPY; URUGUAY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84942109944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00380     Document Type: Article

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