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Healthcare Disparities
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- Disparities in Radiation OncologyOpen Access
The pervasive crisis of diminishing radiation therapy access for vulnerable populations in the United States—Part 4: Appalachian patients
Advances in Radiation OncologyVol. 3Issue 4p471–477Published online: August 10, 2018- Shearwood McClelland III
- Tasneem Kaleem
- Mark E. Bernard
- Hiba Z. Ahmed
- Terence T. Sio
- Robert C. Miller
Cited in Scopus: 12Compared with the rest of the United States, the population of Appalachia has lower education levels, higher rates of poverty, and limited access to health care. The presence of disparities in radiation therapy (RT) access for Appalachian patients with cancer has rarely been examined.
