Objectives: The cancer burden in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) is substantial.
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe country and region-specific patterns of …

Access to radiation facilities in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) is far from optimal.
Latin America and Africa represent 55% of LMIC, and radiation therapy facilities are …

About 57% of the total number of cancer cases occur in low and middle income countries.
Radiotherapy is one of the main components of cancer treatment and requires substantial …

Purpose Radiation therapy, a key component of cancer management, is required in more
than half of new cancer patients, particularly in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: An analysis of the resources for radiotherapy in Latin
America was done to establish a baseline to help plan future development in the region …

Purpose The global incidence of cancer is rising, particularly in low-and middle-income
countries. Radiotherapy is an important cancer treatment in the curative and palliative …

Introduction Nigeria has the biggest gap between radiotherapy availability and need, with
one machine per 19.4 million people, compared to one machine per 250,000 people in high …

Background and purpose: The acquisition of radiotherapy by countries in transition (CITs) is
an evolutionary process from having no resources whatsoever, to meeting the standards …

Recent years have seen various reviews on the lack of access to radiotherapy often based
on geographic regions of the world such as Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and …

Purpose: Resources for radiation therapy in Asian and Pacific countries were analyzed to
obtain a better understanding of the status of radiation oncological practice in the region …