An approach to plan and evaluate the location of radiotherapy services and its application in the New South Wales, Australia. Issue 2 (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shukla, Nagesh; Wickramasuriya, Rohan; Miller, Andrew; Perez, Pascal
• Is Part Of: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine. Volume 122:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 245
• Page End: 256
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Medicine -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Biology -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Computers -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Logiciels -- Périodiques; Biologie -- Logiciels -- Périodiques; Biology -- Computer programs; Medicine -- Computer programs; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.08.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0169-2607

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Proposes a methodology for location planning of radiotherapy treatment services.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">The methodology is based on cancer incidence and road network-based accessibility measures.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Applied to the current radiotherapy treatment centres in New South Wales state of Australia.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Current and future regional radiotherapy demand are estimated.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>