The pervasive crisis of diminishing radiation therapy access for vulnerable populations in the United States, part 1: African-American patients

Introduction: African Americans experience the highest burden of cancer incidence and mortality in the United States and have been persistently less likely to receive interventional care, even when such care has been proven superior to conservative management by randomized controlled trials. The pre...

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Main Authors: Shearwood McClelland, III, MD, Brandi R. Page, MD, Jerry J. Jaboin, MD, PhD, Christina H. Chapman, MD, MS, Curtiland Deville, Jr, MD, Charles R. Thomas, Jr, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109417301070