Waiting times for radiation therapy in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-21

  Benk, Veronique ^a   Przybysz, Raymond ^a   McGowan, Tom ^a   Paszat, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; TONSIL CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADOLESCENT; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LARYNX TUMOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TONSIL TUMOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33645088218     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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