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Improving Cancer Care in Guatemala

International partners from the Global Health Center and department of radiation oncology at Washington University in St Louis, the Liga Nacional Contra el Cancer/Instituto de Cancerología in Guatemala and BJC HealthCare clinical asset management team in St. Louis.
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Through a grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA), the Global Health Center, in a unique collaboration between Washington University in St Louis’s radiation oncology department, the Liga Nacional Contra el Cancer/Instituto de Cancerología (LIGA/INCAN) in Guatemala and Varian Medical Systems is working to establish the first of its kind, Center of Excellence for the delivery of radiation oncology services to the underserved in Guatemala.

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