An innovative rapid response radiotherapy program to reduce waiting time for palliative radiotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-43

  Danjoux, C ^a,c   Chow, E ^a   Drossos, A ^b   Holden, L ^c   Hayter, C ^a   Tsao, M ^a   Barnes, T ^a   Sinclair, E ^c   Farhadian, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Cancer Care Ontario   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Innovative; Palliative; Radiotherapy; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CALCULATION; CANADA; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 31044433598     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0822-7     Document Type: Article

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