Radiation therapy for small-cell lung cancer: Results of the 1995-1997 patterns of care process survey in Japan

Lung Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-285

  Uno, Takashi ^a   Sumi, Minako ^b   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^c   Teshima, Teruki ^d   Yamashita, Mikiko ^d   Inoue, Toshihiko ^e  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Patterns of Care Study; Process survey; Radiation therapy; Small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; JAPAN; LUNG HILUS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036174968     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(01)00415-9     Document Type: Article

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