TY - JOUR ID - 90468 TI - Operations Management Interventions in Cancer Care Delivery in LMICs: The Way Forward JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 AU - Gautam, Prerna AU - Shankar, Abhishek AD - Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, UP, India. AD - Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr BR Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India. Y1 - 2023 PY - 2023 VL - 24 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 7 KW - Operations Management KW - cancer care KW - LMICs KW - Resource utilization KW - outcome DO - 10.31557/APJCP.2023.24.1.1 N2 - Cancer care sector has received significant attention worldwide after an increase in cancer incidence and related mortality every year. There is a large disparity in access to care for cancer patients in view of increasing case number, limited and urban centric cancer care facilities and resource intensive management of cancer along with many other sociodemographic factors. Cancer care delivery is facing many operational challenges at different steps of care globally and it is more pronounced in LMICs. Research directed towards Operations Management (OM) research can provide solutions to many of the challenges encountered during different steps of cancer care and can help us to manage cancer care delivery landscape with cost cutting and quality improvement. The promising abilities of OM is often overlooked for improving various aspects of cancer care despite the fact that its deployment can create OM surplus where the capitals can be tapped to improve the quality of care for the cancer patients. This paper discusses that fundamentals of OM principles must be implemented for creating resilience and gaining effectiveness and efficiency throughout the cancer care operations.  UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_90468.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_90468_d3f788772cbe20d748af9e98d6cfbbde.pdf ER -