Practice patterns for prostate cancer in nine central and northern Italy radiation oncology centers: A survey including 1759 patients treated during two decades (1980-1998)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1310-1319

  Magrini, Stefano Maria ^a,j   Bertoni, Filippo ^a   Vavassori, Vittorio ^b   Villa, Sergio ^c   Cagna, Emanuela ^d   Maranzano, Ernesto ^e   Pertici, Maurizio ^f   Pradella, Renato ^g   Spediacci, Massimo Alcide ^h   Chiavacci, Andrea ⁱ   Ambrosi, Enrica ^a   Livi, Lorenzo ^f   Magli, Alessandro ^b   Bellavita, Rita ^e   Bossi, Alberto ^d   Biti, Gianpaolo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d ASL Como   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g Hospital of Mantova   (Italy)

^h Arezzo Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ PISTOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Istituto del Radio   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Patterns of care; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CYSTITIS; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036535535     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02783-3     Document Type: Article

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