Expanding Access to Radiation Therapy: An Update on Brazil's Current Challenges and Opportunities.

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys

Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Radiology and Oncology, Division of Radiation Oncology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP), Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Published: October 2018

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