Could building more satellite centres reduce the carbon footprint of external beam radiotherapy?

Climate change is increasingly a health emergency. This has been recognised by the NHS which aims to be carbon net zero by 2040. Most of the carbon footprint of radiotherapy is due to patient travel. Here we investigate if satellite centres can help reduce this impact.The carbon footprint of constru...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert Chuter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:IPEM-Translation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667258823000067