title: Mobilising Expertise and Resources to Close the Radiotherapy Gap in Cancer Care.
abstract: Closing the gap in cancer care within low- and middle-income countries and in indigenous and geographically isolated populations in high-income countries requires investment and innovation. This is particularly true for radiotherapy, for which the global disparity is one of the largest in healthcare today. New models and paradigms and non-traditional collaborations have been proposed to improve global equity in cancer control. We describe recent initiatives from within the radiation oncology community to increase access to treatment, build the low- and middle-income countries' radiation oncology workforce, mobilise more professionals from within high-income countries and raise awareness of the global need for equitable cancer care.
authors.affiliation: International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC), New York, New York, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodin
authors.affiliation: International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC), New York, New York, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.affiliation: International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC), New York, New York, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sherertz
authors.affiliation: International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC), New York, New York, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC), New York, New York, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Cornell University Medical School, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Balagun
authors.affiliation: International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC), New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wendling
authors.affiliation: International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC), New York, New York, USA; Departments of Oncology and Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada; Medical Physics for World Benefit (MPWB), Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Dyk
authors.affiliation: International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC), New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: International Cancer Expert Corps (ICEC), New York, New York, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: Surbhi.grover@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grover
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D014943:Global Health; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D018787:Radiation Oncology
keywords: Cancer care; global health; health disparities; radiation oncology