An assessment of the Basic Treatment Equivalent (BTE) model as measure of radiotherapy workload

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 240-244

  Delaney, G P ^a,b   Gebski, V ^b,c   Lunn, A D ^c,d   Lunn, M ^c,d   Rus, M ^b   Manderson, C ^b   Langlands, A O ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Productivity; Radiation oncology; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030830103     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(97)80008-8     Document Type: Article

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