National average for the process of radiation therapy in Japan by patterns of care study

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 209-213

  Tanisada, Kazuaki ^a   Teshima, Teruki ^a   Inoue, Toshihiko ^a   Owen, Jean B ^b   Hanks, Gerald E ^c   Abe, Mitsuyuki ^d   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^e   Sato, Shinichiro ^f   Kawachi, Kiyomitsu ^f   Yamashita, Takashi ^g   Nishio, Masamichi ^h   Hiraoka, Masahiro ⁱ   Hirokawa, Yutaka ^j   Oguchi, Masahiko ^k   Masuda, Kouji ^l  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^h HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^k SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

National average; Patterns of Care Study; Quality assurance; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033111285     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/29.4.209     Document Type: Article

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