Radiotherapy Deserts: The Impact of Race, Poverty, and the Rural-Urban Continuum on Density of Providers and the Use of Radiation Therapy in the US

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Investigates the prevalence of radiotherapy deserts for prostate cancer (PC) and invasive breast cancer (BC) at the county level in the United States. Analyzes physicians to persons at risk (PPR) and use to persons at risk (UPR) according to gender, race/ethnicity, poverty level, and metro versus non-metro county. Includes U.S. maps depicting death and incidence rate hot zones, high PPR density, high UPR density, and more.

Anna W. LaVigne, Theodore L. DeWeese, Jean L. Wright, et al.

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, 116(1), 17-27

01/2023

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Cancer · Health disparities · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Specialty care · Statistics and data