Patterns of Care Study of Radiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer in Japan: Influence of the Stratification of Institution on the Process

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 308-313

  Teshima, Teruki ^a   Abe, Mitsuyuki ^b   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^c   Hanks, Gerald E ^d   Owen, Jean B ^e   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^f   Hirokawa, Yutaka ^g   Oguchi, Masahiko ^h   Nishio, Masamichi ⁱ   Yamashita, Takashi ^j   Niibe, Hideo ^k   Masuda, Kouji ^l   Watanabe, Sadao ^m   Inoue, Toshihiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^j CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^k GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Patterns of care study; Quality assurance; Radiation oncology equipment; Radiation oncology personnel; Radiation therapy; Structure of facility

Indexed keywords

COBALT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0032059844     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/28.5.308     Document Type: Article

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