Status of Government-Funded Radiotherapy Services in Nigeria.
Simeon C AruahRuncie C W ChidebeCharles Tochukwu OrjiakorFatima UbaUchechukwu N ShagayaCharles UgwanyiAisha A UmarTaofeeq IgeObinna C AsogwaOiza T AhmaduMusa Ali-GombeAlabi AdewumiVitalis C OkworMutiu A JimohBasheer BelloLucy O EribaYusuf A AhmedAwwal BisallaUkamaka ItanyiRamatallah A BalogunSuleiman AlabiDavid PistenmaaC Norman ColemanDosanjh ManjitPublished in: JCO global oncology (2023)
As the Nigerian Government plans for the new National Cancer Control Plan, there is an urgent need to scale up access to RT by upgrading the RT equipment, workforce, and infrastructure to meet the current needs of Nigerian patients with cancer. Although the shortfall is apparent from a variety of RT-capacity databases, this detailed analysis provides essential information for an implementation plan involving solutions from within Nigeria and with global partners.