The quality assurance programme of the Radiotherapy Group of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer: Past, present and future

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 667-674

  Poortmans, P M ^a   Davis, J B ^b   Ataman, F ^c   Bernier, J ^d   Horiot, J C ^e   Bartelink, Harry ^f   Garavaglia, Guido ^f   Giraud, Jean Yves ^f   Godson, Frances ^f   Johansson, Karl Axel ^f   Kouloulias, Vassilis ^f   Maingon, Philippe ^f   Pierart, Marianne ^f   van Dam, Jan ^f   van Tienhoven, Geertjan ^f   Van der Schueren, Emmanuel ^f  

^a DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^d SAN GIOVANNI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Clinical trials; European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC); Quality assurance; Radiotherapy; Review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; EUROPE; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 22144442118     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2005.02.014     Document Type: Article

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