Treatment-related morbidity and hospital league tables: Experience from a national audit of radiotherapy-induced morbidity in cervical carcinoma

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-42

  Denton, A S ^a   Bond, S J ^a   Matthews, S ^a   Bentzen, S M ^a   Maher, E J ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of the cervix; Late toxicity; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036463930     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.2001.0022     Document Type: Article

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