Status of Government-Funded Radiotherapy Services in Nigeria

PURPOSEAccess to radiotherapy (RT) is now one of the stark examples of global cancer inequities. More than 800,000 new cancer cases require potentially curative or palliative RT services in Africa, arguably <15% of these patients currently have access to this important service. For a population o...

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Main Authors: Simeon C. Aruah, Runcie C.W. Chidebe, Tochukwu C. Orjiakor, Fatima Uba, Uchechukwu N. Shagaya, Charles Ugwanyi, Aisha A. Umar, Taofeeq Ige, Obinna C. Asogwa, Oiza T. Ahmadu, Musa Ali-Gombe, Alabi Adewumi, Vitalis C. Okwor, Jimoh A. Mutiu, Basheer Bello, Lucy O. Eriba, Yusuf A. Ahmed, Awwal Bisalla, Ukamaka Itanyi, Ramatallah A. Balogun, Suleiman Alabi, David Pistenmaa, C. Norman Coleman, Dosanjh Manjit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2023-06-01
Series:JCO Global Oncology
Online Access:https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/GO.22.00406