"Two are better than one": A pilot study of how radiologist and oncologists can collaborate in target volume definition

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-19

  Horan, Gail ^a   Roques, Tom W ^a   Curtin, John ^a   Barrett, Ann ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Radiotherapy target volume definition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONCOLOGY; PELVIS TUMOR; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TONGUE TUMOR; TONSIL TUMOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645212852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0003     Document Type: Article

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