The Patterns of Care Study and Regional Cancer Registry for non-small-cell lung cancer in Japan

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1005-1012

  Sugiyama, Hiromi ^a   Teshima, Teruki ^b   Ohno, Yuko ^a   Inoue, Toshihiko ^c   Takahashi, Yutaka ^b   Oshima, Akira ^d   Sumi, Minako ^e   Uno, Takashi ^e   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^f  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung cancer; Osaka Cancer Registry; Patterns of Care Study; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PULMONARY DISEASES;

CANCER REGISTRY;

TUMORS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038386544     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00215-3     Document Type: Article

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