{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4414574792","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371","title":"Implementation and Optimization of a 3D-High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Program in a Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sub-Saharan Africa","display_name":"Implementation and Optimization of a 3D-High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Program in a Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sub-Saharan Africa","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4414574792","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371","pdf_url":"https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(25)02976-1/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S110533041","display_name":"International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics","issn_l":"0360-3016","issn":["0360-3016","1879-355X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-2","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"bronze","oa_url":"https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(25)02976-1/pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5119751342","display_name":"J.N. Tabb","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I36258959","display_name":"University of California San Diego","ror":"https://ror.org/0168r3w48","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36258959"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"J.N. Tabb","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36258959"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5119394583","display_name":"Rajabu Kiaratu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3602-0543","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3602-0543"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210167355","display_name":"Ocean Road Cancer Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/05tfxp741","country_code":"TZ","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210167355"]}],"countries":["TZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"R. Kiaratu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210167355"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071909338","display_name":"Agnes N. Ewongwo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9101-2194","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9101-2194"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210137306","display_name":"Stanford Medicine","ror":"https://ror.org/03mtd9a03","country_code":"US","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210137306","https://openalex.org/I97018004"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I97018004","display_name":"Stanford University","ror":"https://ror.org/00f54p054","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"A. Ewongwo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210137306","https://openalex.org/I97018004"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5119751343","display_name":"A. Mwakyelu","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210167355","display_name":"Ocean Road Cancer Institute","ror":"https://ror.org/05tfxp741","country_code":"TZ","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210167355"]}],"countries":["TZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"A. Mwakyelu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210167355"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5070254208","display_name":"Chika Nwachukwu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9732-9352","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9732-9352"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I36258959","display_name":"University of California San Diego","ror":"https://ror.org/0168r3w48","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36258959"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"C.R. Nwachukwu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36258959"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":4130,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4130},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"123","issue":"1","first_page":"e384","last_page":"e384"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10358","display_name":"Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques","score":0.6532999873161316,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3108","display_name":"Radiation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10358","display_name":"Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques","score":0.6532999873161316,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3108","display_name":"Radiation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13123","display_name":"Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy","score":0.31540000438690186,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2741","display_name":"Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10668","display_name":"Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments","score":0.020800000056624413,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2729","display_name":"Obstetrics and Gynecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hdr-brachytherapy","display_name":"high-dose-rate brachytherapy","score":0.8999999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cervical-cancer","display_name":"cervical cancer","score":0.9620000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-training","display_name":"employee training","score":0.628000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quality-assurance","display_name":"quality assurance","score":0.8069999814033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dosimetric-comparison","display_name":"dosimetric comparison","score":0.75},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/organs-at-risk-sparing","display_name":"organs at risk sparing","score":0.9129999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/low-and-middle-income-countries","display_name":"low- and middle-income countries","score":0.875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tanzania","display_name":"Tanzania","score":0.7940000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/comprehensive-cancer-center","display_name":"comprehensive cancer center","score":0.6269999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/program-sustainability","display_name":"program sustainability","score":0.5360000133514404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/workforce-shortage","display_name":"workforce shortage","score":0.6600000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/treatment-planning-system","display_name":"treatment planning system","score":0.45500001311302185}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.729200005531311},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121608353","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12078","display_name":"Cancer","level":2,"score":0.5992000102996826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19527891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1120908","display_name":"Medical physics","level":1,"score":0.59579998254776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779463800","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5062222","display_name":"Center (category theory)","level":2,"score":0.5128999948501587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777416452","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q896687","display_name":"Brachytherapy","level":3,"score":0.45829999446868896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C509974204","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180507","display_name":"Radiation therapy","level":2,"score":0.4196999967098236},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126838900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77604","display_name":"Radiology","level":1,"score":0.32820001244544983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2989005","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214963","display_name":"Nuclear medicine","level":1,"score":0.2865999937057495},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3017588741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3042357","display_name":"Dose rate","level":2,"score":0.27459999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779473830","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1540899","display_name":"MEDLINE","level":2,"score":0.27250000834465027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146357865","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1123245","display_name":"Stage (stratigraphy)","level":2,"score":0.2500999867916107}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371","pdf_url":"https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(25)02976-1/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S110533041","display_name":"International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics","issn_l":"0360-3016","issn":["0360-3016","1879-355X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-2","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.06.2371","pdf_url":"https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(25)02976-1/pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S110533041","display_name":"International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics","issn_l":"0360-3016","issn":["0360-3016","1879-355X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","jufo-2","ki-jl-1","medline","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":1.0},{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.5378999710083008}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4414574792.pdf"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2915012982","https://openalex.org/W2070052237","https://openalex.org/W3009339041","https://openalex.org/W4414574931","https://openalex.org/W1981494557","https://openalex.org/W4241865310","https://openalex.org/W2042672872","https://openalex.org/W7100931678","https://openalex.org/W7170223821","https://openalex.org/W2082228689"],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}