Waiting times for radiotherapy: Variation over time and between cancer networks in southeast England

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1201-1208

  Robinson, D ^a   Massey, T ^a   Davies, E ^a   Jack, R H ^a   Sehgal, A ^a   Moller H ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer networks; Radiotherapy; Trends; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SKIN CANCER; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOTHERAPY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 18044361943     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602463     Document Type: Article

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