Integration of Databases for Radiotherapy Outcomes Analyses

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 825-831

  Jani, Ashesh B ^a   Davis, Lawrence W ^a   Fox, Timothy H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bioinformatics; cancer control; outcomes analysis; Radiotherapy; toxicity analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348994248     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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