The pervasive crisis of diminishing radiation therapy access for vulnerable populations in the United States part 2: American Indian patients

摘要

IntroductionAmerican Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) patients with cancer disproportionally present with more advanced stages of disease and have the worst cancer-specific survival rates of any racial/ethnic group in the United States. The presence of disparities in radiation therapy (RT) access for AI/AN patients has rarely been examined.