Does delay in starting treatment affect the outcomes of radiotherapy? A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 555-563

  Huang, Jenny ^a   Barbera, Lisa ^a   Brouwers, Melissa ^a   Browman, George ^a   Mackillop, William J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037315933     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.04.171     Document Type: Article

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