Defining the Need for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy in the General Population: a Criterion-based Benchmarking Approach

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 481-489

  Kerba, M ^a,b   Miao, Q ^a   Zhang Salomons, J ^a   Mackillop, W ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; health services; lumpectomy; mastectomy; population outcomes; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547525763     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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