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

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 388-395

  Teshima, Teruki ^a,o   Abe, Mitsuyuki ^b   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^c   Hanks, Gerald E ^d   Owen, Jean B ^e   Yamada, Shogo ^f   Sakai, Kunio ^g   Mori, Tomoyuki ^h   Nishimura, Tetsuo ⁱ   Mitomo, Masanori ^j   Todo, Giro ^k   Hamanaka, Daizaburo ^l   Koishi, Mototsugu ^m   Okazaki, Yoichi ⁿ  

^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 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j Department of Radiology   (Japan)

^k OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l Kansai Denryoku Hospital   (Japan)

^m KYOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁿ NAGANO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^o OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Cervix cancer; Patterns of Care study; Process survey; Quality assurance; Radiation therapy; Structure of facility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032086140     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/28.6.388     Document Type: Article

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