The impact of introducing intensity modulated radiotherapy into routine clinical practice

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-246

  Miles, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Clark, Catharine H ^a   Urbano, M Teresa Guerrero ^a   Bidmead, Margaret ^a   Dearnaley, David P ^a   Harrington, Kevin J ^a   A'Hern, Roger ^a   Nutting, Christopher M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Radiotherapy Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical implementation; IMRT; Planning and treatment times

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION PHYSICS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKLOAD;

COHORT STUDIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 28944440684     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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