Insurer's Black Box: Inexplicable Barriers to Proton Therapy Access for Young Adults

Arpit M. Chhabra; J. Isabelle Choi; Shaakir Hasan; Robert H. Press; Rafi Kabarriti; Stanislav Lazarev; Suzanne Wolden; Charles B. Simone

doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.04.006

Insurer's Black Box: Inexplicable Barriers to Proton Therapy Access for Young Adults

Arpit M. Chhabra, J. Isabelle Choi, Shaakir Hasan, Robert H. Press, Rafi Kabarriti, Stanislav Lazarev, Suzanne Wolden, Charles B. Simone

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1538-1539
Number of pages	2
Journal	International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics
Volume	110
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.04.006
State	Published - 1 Aug 2021

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