Postoperative radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer: Results of the 1999-2001 patterns of care study nationwide process survey in Japan

Lung Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-362

  Uno, Takashi ^a   Sumi, Minako ^b   Kihara, Ayaka ^c   Numasaki, Hodaka ^c   Kawakami, Hiroyuki ^a   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^b   Mitsumori, Michihide ^d   Teshima, Teruki ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung cancer; Patterns of care study; PORT meta analysis; Postoperative radiation therapy; Practice; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COBALT THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHOTON THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SAMPLING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONECTOMY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247588217     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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