Current practice when treating lung cancer in Australasia

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-67

  Holloway, L ^a,b  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Radiotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALASIA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846182969     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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