Results of a nationwide survey on radiotherapy of bone metastases in Germany

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 531-536

  Adamietz, Irenaeus A ^a   Schneider, Oliver ^a   Müller, Rolf Peter ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Radiotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ONCOLOGY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0036790323     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-002-0988-6     Document Type: Article

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