Julie Miyazaki, Shintaro Kondo, Shinichi Negishi
Sexual dimorphism in the three-dimensional detailed crown structure of maxillary first premolars
Journal of oral biosciences
purpose project examine travel burdens radiotherapy patients nigeria tanzania south africa assess patientrelated benefits hypofractionated radiotherapy hfrt breast prostate cancer patients countries outcomes inform implementation recent lancet oncology commission recommendations increasing adoption hfrt subsaharan africa ssa enhance radiotherapy access region data extracted electronic patient records nsialuth cancer center nlcc lagos nigeria inkosi albert luthuli central hospital ialch durban south africa written records university nigeria teaching hospital unth oncology center enugu nigeria phone interviews ocean road cancer institute orci dar es salaam tanzania google maps used calculate shortest driving distance patients home address respective radiotherapy center qgis used map straightline distances center descriptive statistics used compare transportation costs time expenditures lost wages using hfrt versus conventionally fractionated radiotherapy cfrt breast prostate cancer patients nigeria n390 traveled median distance 231 km nlcc 867 km unth patients tanzania n23 traveled median distance 5370 km orci patients south africa n412 traveled median distance 180 km ialch estimated transportation cost savings breast cancer patients lagos enugu 12895 naira 7369 naira respectively prostate cancer patients 25329 14276 naira respectively prostate cancer patients tanzania saved median 137765 shillings transportation costs 800 hours includes travel treatment wait times mean transportation cost savings patients south africa 4777 rand breast cancer 9486 rand prostate cancer cancer patients ssa travel considerable distances access radiotherapy services hfrt decreases patientrelated costs time expenditures may increase radiotherapy access alleviate growing burden cancer region