{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,31]],"date-time":"2026-10-31T04:03:58Z","timestamp":1793419438674,"version":"4.5.0"},"reference-count":28,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,1]],"date-time":"2023-03-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1677628800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,1]],"date-time":"2023-03-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1677628800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,30]],"date-time":"2024-01-30T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1706572800000},"content-version":"am","delay-in-days":335,"URL":"http:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/open-access\/userlicense\/1.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["clinicalkey.com","clinicalkey.com.au","clinicalkey.es","clinicalkey.fr","clinicalkey.jp","redjournal.org","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,3]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,30]],"date-time":"2023-01-30T03:14:38Z","timestamp":1675048478000},"page":"557-563","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Geographic Accessibility of Radiation Therapy Facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"115","author":[{"given":"Pranay","family":"Nadella","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hari S.","family":"Iyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Achille","family":"Manirakiza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Verna","family":"Vanderpuye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Scott A.","family":"Triedman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lawrence N.","family":"Shulman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1323-4119","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Temidayo","family":"Fadelu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0001","unstructured":"UN General Assembly. Transforming our world: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015. Available at:https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/post2015\/transformingourworld\/publication. Accessed November 1, 2021."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0002","first-page":"394","article-title":"Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries","volume":"68","author":"Bray","year":"2018","journal-title":"CA Cancer J Clin"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0003","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e391","DOI":"10.1016\/S1470-2045(21)00351-X","article-title":"Radiotherapy resources in Africa: An International Atomic Energy Agency update and analysis of projected needs","volume":"22","author":"Elmore","year":"2021","journal-title":"Lancet Oncol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0004","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1441","DOI":"10.1111\/1475-6773.12171","article-title":"Access to care: Remembering old lessons","volume":"37","author":"McLaughlin","year":"2002","journal-title":"Health Serv Res"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0005","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1200\/GO.21.00395","article-title":"Toward equitable access to tertiary cancer care in Rwanda: A geospatial analysis","author":"Fadelu","year":"2022","journal-title":"JCO Glob Oncol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0006","first-page":"1","article-title":"Mapping geospatial access to comprehensive cancer care in Nigeria","volume":"5","author":"Knapp","year":"2019","journal-title":"J Glob Oncol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0007","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1432","DOI":"10.1002\/cncr.33394","article-title":"Geospatial access predicts cancer stage at presentation and outcomes for patients with breast cancer in southwest Nigeria: A population-based study","volume":"127","author":"Knapp","year":"2021","journal-title":"Cancer"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0008","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0216388","article-title":"Geographic information systems, spatial analysis, and HIV in Africa: A scoping review","volume":"14","author":"Boyda","year":"2019","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0009","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"13","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijgo.2015.11.022","article-title":"A scoping review of geographic information systems in maternal health","volume":"134","author":"Makanga","year":"2016","journal-title":"Int J Gynaecol Obstet"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0010","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2022.26319","article-title":"Geographic accessibility and availability of radiotherapy in Ghana","volume":"5","author":"Scott","year":"2022","journal-title":"JAMA Netw Open"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0011","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"719","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2015.12.012","article-title":"Association between geographic access to cancer care and receipt of radiation therapy for rectal cancer","volume":"94","author":"Lin","year":"2016","journal-title":"Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0012","unstructured":"The World Bank. Population, total. Available at: https:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/indicator\/SP.POP.TOTL. Accessed November 20, 2021."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0013","unstructured":"Ferlay J, Evrik M, Lam F. World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer. Cancer today: Data visualization tools for exploring the global cancer burden in 2020. Available at: http:\/\/gco.iarc.fr\/today. Accessed January 1, 2021."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0014","unstructured":"International Atomic Energy Agency. Directory of radiotherapy centres. Available at: https:\/\/dirac.iaea.org\/. Accessed November 20, 2021."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0015","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"569","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(15)60160-X","article-title":"Global surgery 2030: Evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development","volume":"386","author":"Meara","year":"2015","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0016","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"850","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1244693","article-title":"High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change","volume":"342","author":"Hansen","year":"2013","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0017","unstructured":"Open Spatial Demographic Data and Research. WorldPop - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science. Available at: https:\/\/hub.worldpop.org\/geodata\/summary?id=139. Accessed January 10, 2021."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0018","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e1298","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0001298","article-title":"High-resolution population maps for low-income nations: Combining land cover and census in East Africa","volume":"2","author":"Tatem","year":"2007","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0019","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0107042","article-title":"Disaggregating census data for population mapping using random forests with remotely-sensed and ancillary data","volume":"10","author":"Stevens","year":"2015","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0020","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"30","DOI":"10.1200\/JGO.2015.000406","article-title":"Cancer care in Africa: An overview of resources","volume":"1","author":"Stefan","year":"2015","journal-title":"J Glob Oncol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0021","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"63","DOI":"10.1186\/1476-072X-7-63","article-title":"AccessMod 3.0: Computing geographic coverage and accessibility to health care services using anisotropic movement of patients","volume":"7","author":"Ray","year":"2008","journal-title":"Int J Health Geogr"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0022","unstructured":"Ferlay J, Evrik M, Lam F. Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available at:https:\/\/gco.iarc.fr\/today\/online-analysis-map?v=2020&mode=population&mode_population=continents&population=900&populations=900&key=asr&sex=0&cancer=39&type=0&statistic=5&prevalence=0&population_group=0&ages_group%5B%5D=0&ages_group%5B%5D=17&nb_items=10&group_cancer=1&include_nmsc=0&include_nmsc_other=0&projection=natural-earth&color_palette=default&map_scale=quantile&map_nb_colors=5&continent=1&show_ranking=0&rotate=%255B10%252C0%255D. Accessed November 21, 2021."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0023","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"166","DOI":"10.4103\/ijc.IJC_517_17","article-title":"Compliance to radiotherapy: A tertiary care center experience","volume":"55","author":"Gupta","year":"2018","journal-title":"Indian J Cancer"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0024","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"344","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2020.08.059","article-title":"Travel time to radiation oncology facilities in the United States and the influence of certificate of need policies","volume":"109","author":"Herb","year":"2021","journal-title":"Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0025","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"531","DOI":"10.1016\/S1470-2045(22)00123-1","article-title":"Prioritising locations for radiotherapy equipment in Brazil: A cross-sectional, population-based study and development of a LINAC shortage index","volume":"23","author":"Viani","year":"2022","journal-title":"Lancet Oncol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0026","first-page":"4577","article-title":"Using mobile transport vouchers to improve access to skilled delivery","volume":"19","author":"Ommeh","year":"2019","journal-title":"Rural Remote Health"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0027","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"32","DOI":"10.1016\/j.radonc.2021.01.003","article-title":"Hypofractionated radiotherapy in the real-world setting: An international ESTRO-GIRO survey","volume":"157","author":"Rodin","year":"2021","journal-title":"Radiotherapy Oncol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018_bib0028","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e251","DOI":"10.1016\/S1470-2045(21)00720-8","article-title":"Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Lancet Oncology Commission","volume":"23","author":"Ngwa","year":"2022","journal-title":"Lancet Oncol"}],"container-title":["International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0360301622034460?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0360301622034460?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,6]],"date-time":"2025-10-06T10:03:28Z","timestamp":1759745008000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0360301622034460"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2023,3]]},"references-count":28,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2023,3]]}},"alternative-id":["S0360301622034460"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018","relation":{},"ISSN":["0360-3016"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0360-3016","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2023,3]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Geographic Accessibility of Radiation Therapy Facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2022.10.018","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"simple-article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}]}}