Association Between Geographic Access and Receipt of Radiation Therapy
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the investigation of the relationship between type a and type b personalities and quality of translation
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Receipt of recommended radiation therapy among rural and urban cancer patients.
BACKGROUND Rural populations have limited geographic access to radiation therapy. The current study examines whether rural patients with cancer are less likely than urban patients with cancer to receive recommended radiation therapy, and identifies factors influencing rural versus urban differences in radiation therapy receipt. METHODS The current study included 14,692 rural and 107,834 urban...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.1484