Radical external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer in Japan: Preliminary results of the 1999-2001 patterns of care process survey

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-36

  Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a,b   Nakamura, Katsumasa ^b   Sasaki, Tomonari ^b   Yamamoto, Tokihiro ^c   Koizumi, Masahiko ^d   Teshima, Teruki ^c   Inoue, Toshihiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Hormone therapy; Patterns of care study; Prostatic carcinoma; Radiation therapy; Type of institution

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATOR; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842841624     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyh002     Document Type: Article

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