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Radiotherapy services in low resource settings: The situation in Nigeria

OBJECTIVE: About 50%–60% of all cancer cases will require radiotherapy during their treatment. Nonetheless, radiotherapy facilities are limited in low- and middle-income countries and despite high cancer burden in these regions of the world, only 5% have access to radiation therapy. This study ident...

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Autores principales:	Akinwande, Abidoye Matthew, Ugwuanyi, Daniel Chimuanya, Chiegwu, Hyacienth Uche, Idigo, Felicitas, Ogolodom, Michael Promise, Anakwenze, Chidinma Pamela, Abi, Roland, Odukoya, Oluwaponmile
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	SAGE Publications 2023
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909043/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36778199 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20503121231153758

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