Sean McPhail, Matthew E Barclay, Ruth Swann, Shane A Johnson, Riaz Alvi, Andriana Barisic, Oliver Bucher, Nicola Creighton, Cheryl A Denny, Ron A Dewar, David W Donnelly, Jeff J Dowden, Laura Downie, Norah Finn, Anna T Gavin, Steven Habbous, Dyfed W Huws, S Eshwar Kumar, Leon May, Carol A McClure, David S Morrison, Bjørn Møller, Grace Musto, Yngvar Nilssen, Nathalie Saint-Jacques, Sabuj Sarker, Lorraine Shack, Xiaoyi Tian, Robert Js Thomas, Haiyan Wang, Ryan R Woods, Hui You, Bin Zhang, Georgios Lyratzopoulos
BACKGROUND: There is little evidence on variation in radiotherapy use in different countries, although it is a key treatment modality for some patients with cancer. Here we aimed to examine such variation. METHODS: This population-based study used data from Norway, the four UK nations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales), nine Canadian provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan), and two Australian states (New South Wales and Victoria)...
March 2024: Lancet Oncology