Rural cancer patients less likely to get radiotherapy

University of Otago media release

Dr Steve Withington makes the news in reference to a publication we featured earlier this year: Withington, S., Davie, G., Crengle, S., James, M., Booker, B., de Graaf, B., Miller, R., Lawrenson, R. and Nixon, G. (2026), Rural Urban Differences in Receipt of Radiation Oncology Services for Breast, Prostate and Lung Cancer by Ethnicity in Aotearoa New Zealand. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol, 70: 101-112. https://doi.org/10.1111/1754-9485.70049