Radiation treatment of lung cancer - Patterns of Practice in Canada

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-174

  Tai, Patricia ^a   Yu, Edward ^b   Battista, Jerry ^b   Van Dyk, Jake ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Lung cancer; Patterns of practice; Radiation treatment planning; Target volume

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ONCOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SIMULATOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1942478478     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2003.11.021     Document Type: Article

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