Assessing Equity of Access to Proton Beam Therapy: A Literature Review
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Proton beam therapy (PBT) is one of the most advanced radiotherapy technologies, with growing evidence to support its use in specific clinical scenarios and exponential growth of demand and capacity worldwide over the past few decades. However, geographical inequalities persist in the distribution of PBT centres, which translate into variations in access and use of this technology. The aim of this work was to look at the factors that contribute to these inequalities, to help raise awareness among stakeholders, governments and policy makers. A literature search was conducted using the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes (PICO) criteria. The same search strategy was run in Embase and Medline and identified 242 records, which were screened for manual review. Of these, 24 were deemed relevant and were included in this analysis. Most of the 24 publications included in this review originated from the USA (22/24) and involved paediatric patients, teenagers and young adults (61% for children and/or teenagers and young adults versus 39% for adults). The most reported indicator of disparity was socioeconomic status (16/24), followed by geographical location (13/24). All the studies evaluated in this review showed disparities in the access to PBT. As paediatric patients make up a significant proportion of the PBT-eligible patients, equity of access to PBT also raises ethical considerations. Therefore, further research is needed into the equity of access to PBT to reduce the care gap.
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Le contrôle bibliographique ouvert
DOI retrouvé dans Crossref DOI retrouvé ; titre concordant.
- Titre Crossref
- Assessing Equity of Access to Proton Beam Therapy: A Literature Review
- Date Crossref
- 01/09/2023
- Éditeur
- Elsevier BV
- Type
- journal-article
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Où se fait cette recherche
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University of Manchester pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Proton (United Kingdom) pays non établi dans la noticeEntreprise
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The Christie Hospital pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
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NHS England pays non établi dans la noticeOrganisme public
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University of Florida Department of Radiation Oncology pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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School of Medical Sciences Proton Clinical Outcomes Unit pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Department of Proton Beam Therapy pays non établi dans la noticeInstitution
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Proton Clinical Outcomes Unit pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
University of Manchester, Proton (United Kingdom) et The Christie Hospital, avec 5 autres affiliations.
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