A tool to measure radiotherapy complexity and workload: Derivation from the basic treatment equivalent (BTE) concept

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-23

  Burnet, N G ^a   Routsis, D S ^a   Murrell, P ^b   Burton, K E ^a   Taylor, P J ^a   Thomas, S J ^a   Williams, M V ^a   Prevost, A T ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic treatment equivalent; BTE; Radiotherapy complexity; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC TREATMENT EQUIVALENT; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGY; TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035117328     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.2001.9209     Document Type: Article

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