The impact of the use of intraoperative radiotherapy on costs, travel time and distance for women with breast cancer in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area

Background and Objectives The low availability and poor access to external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) in developing countries makes it hard for women with breast cancer to receive breast conservation. We studied the effect of providing intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) on the travel time, distance, a...

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Published in:	Journal of surgical oncology Vol. 116; no. 6; pp. 683 - 689
Main Authors:	Bargallo‐Rocha, Juan Enrique, Soto‐Perez‐de‐Celis, Enrique, Picó‐Guzmán, Francisco Javier, Quintero‐Rodríguez, Carlos Eduardo, Almog, David, Santiago‐Concha, Gabriel, Flores‐Balcazar, Christian Haydee, Corona, Jaime, Vazquez‐Romo, Rafael, Villarreal‐Garza, Cynthia, Mohar, Alejandro
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-11-2017
Subjects:	Breast cancer breast conserving surgery breast neoplasms Breast Neoplasms - economics Breast Neoplasms - radiotherapy Breast Neoplasms - surgery Breast Neoplasms - therapy Cancer surgery Combined Modality Therapy Costs Developing Countries Female Health Care Costs health services accessibility Health Services Accessibility - economics Humans Intraoperative Care - economics Intraoperative Care - methods LDCs Mexico Middle Aged Radiation therapy Radiotherapy - economics Radiotherapy - methods radiotherapy adjuvant radiotherapy intraoperative Time Factors Travel - economics Mexico radiotherapy intraoperative breast conserving surgery health services accessibility radiotherapy adjuvant breast neoplasms
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