Palliative radiotherapy for patients with bone metastases: Survey of primary care physicians

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-223

  Barnes, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Parliament, Matthew ^a   Hanson, John ^a   Watanabe, Sharon ^a   Palmer, J Lynn ^b   Bruera, Eduardo ^b  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Palliative radiotherapy; Primary care physician; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038515271     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00366-3     Document Type: Article

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