Ophira Ginsburg, Freddie Bray, Michel P. Coleman, Verna Vanderpuye et al.
Each year, more than 2 million women are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer, yet where a woman lives largely determines whether she will develop one of these cancers, have access to timely and effective diagnostic and treatment services, and ultimately survive. Premature death and disability f...
Adam Fundytus, Wilma M. Hopman, Nazik Hammad, James Biagi et al.
Background: In 2000, a Canadian task force recommended that medical oncologists (MOS) meet a target of 160–175 new patient consultations per year. Here, we report the Canadian results of a global survey of mo workload compared with mo workload in other high-income countries (HICS). Methods: Using a ...
Maria Thereza Mansur Starling, Omar Abdihamid, Verna Vanderpuye, Gustavo Nader Marta
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear over half of the global cancer mortality but have access to only 5% of global radiotherapy resources. As the cancer burden rises and equity in palliative care gains global attention, a focused review on palliative radiotherapy access i...