Comparison of prostate cancer treatment in two institutions: A quality control study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1055-1062

  Rasch, Coen ^a   Remeijer, Peter ^a   Koper, Peter C M ^b   Meijer, Gert J ^a   Stroom, Joep C ^b   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interobserver variation; Prostate cancer; Quality control; Radiotherapy treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032724671     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00280-1     Document Type: Article

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