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Global radiation therapy| Volume 128, ISSUE 3, P393-399, September 2018

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Changing the global radiation therapy paradigm

      Filling the gap in cancer care in underserved regions worldwide requires global collaboration and concerted effort to share creative ideas, pool talents and develop sustainable support from governments, industry, academia and non-governmental organizations. Comprehensive cancer care, which fits within and strengthens the broader healthcare system, ranges from prevention to screening, to curative treatment, to palliative care and to long-term follow-up. Radiation therapy is an essential component for curative and palliative cancer care and can serve as a stable focal point physically and for personnel around which regional cancer and health care programs can be established. To build capacity with high quality capability and with the credibility to conduct research to understand specific diseases and treatment outcomes requires a complex systems approach toward both expertise and technology.

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