Quality assurance of the EORTC radiotherapy trial 22931 for head and neck carcinomas: The dummy run

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Valley, Jean François ^a   Bernier, Jacques ^b   Tercier, Pierre Alain ^a   Fogliata Cozzi, Antonella ^b   Rosset, Anna ^c   Garavaglia, Guido ^d   Mirimanoff, René Olivier ^c  

^a CH 1015   (Switzerland)

^b OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dummy run; EORTC protocol; Head and neck

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031960822     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00218-1     Document Type: Article

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