Travel distance and potential disparities in palliative radiotherapy access for cancer patients in Victoria, Australia
This study highlights potential disparities in PRT access in Victoria, with patients living in socioeconomically disadvantaged and remote regions facing longer travel distances and excess travel. These findings underscore the need for strategic referral practices and further research to optimise equitable access to PRT.
Authors
- Piers Gillett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7361-2863)
- Maarten J. IJzerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5788-5805)
- Fanny Franchini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4522-3385)
- Samuel JK Abraham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2646-2687)
- Maike Trommer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2864-4273)
- Farshad Foroudi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8387-0965)
- Richard Khor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7057-2747)
- Colin Hornby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3032-0059)
- Karla Gough (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2819-4217)
- Karen Trapani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3257-9147)
- K. J. Donohoe
- Phillip Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3329-2276)
- Dishan Herath
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (AU)
- Cancer Australia (AU)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- Integrated Oncology (United States) (US)
- Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (AU)
- Western Health (AU)
- Cancer Services (US)
- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- Monash University (AU)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Strahlentherapie und Onkologie
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-025-02418-8
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Melbourne