Accuracy of pelvic radiotherapy: Prospective analysis of 90 patients in a randomised trial of blocked versus standard radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-29

  Huddart, Robert A ^a   Nahum, Alan ^a   Neal, Anthony ^a   McLean, Mark ^a   Dearnaley, David P ^a   Law, Matthew ^a   Dyer, Jacqueline ^a   Tait, Diana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Multivariate analysis; Pelvis; Treatment errors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029912299     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8140(96)01717-3     Document Type: Article

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