Austrian breast cancer patterns-of-care studies PCS93 and PCS01 versus PCS85 to identify changes in national practice

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 170-176

  Mayer, Ramona ^a   Handl Zeller, Lore ^b   Quehenberger, Franz ^a   Hammer, Josef ^c   Rhomberg, Walter ^d   Brinda Raitmayr, Karin ^e   Forthuber, Britta ^f   Freund, Ruth ^g   Günczler, Beatrix ^h   Kametriser, Gerhard ⁱ   Metz, Martina ^j   Raunik, Wolfgang ^k   Wedrich, Irene ^l   Pötter, Richard ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Wien Betriebsgesellschaft   (Austria)

^d GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^e KAISER FRANZ JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^f University Medical School Innsbruck   (Austria)

^g GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^h Donauspital ^*  (Austria)

ⁱ PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^j General Hospital Wiener Neustadt   (Austria)

^k GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^l WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; Patterns of care study; Quality assurance; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHOTON; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 34147116604     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-007-1624-2     Document Type: Article

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