The pervasive crisis of diminishing radiation therapy access for vulnerable populations in the United States—Part 4: Appalachian patients

Purpose: Compared with the rest of the United States, the population of Appalachia has lower education levels, higher rates of poverty, and limited access to health care. The presence of disparities in radiation therapy (RT) access for Appalachian patients with cancer has rarely been examined. Metho...

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Main Authors: Shearwood McClelland, III, MD, Tasneem Kaleem, MD, Mark E. Bernard, MD, Hiba Z. Ahmed, MD, Terence T. Sio, MD, MS, Robert C. Miller, MD, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109418301313