Did the Pattern of Practice in the Prescription of Palliative Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Bone Metastases Change between 1999 and 2005 at the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program?

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 327-336

  Bradley, N M E ^a,b,c   Husted, J ^a   Sey, M S L ^c   Sinclair, E ^b   Li, K K ^a,b   Husain, A F ^c,d   Danjoux, C ^b,c   Barnes, E A ^b,c   Tsao, M N ^b,c   Barbera, L ^b,c   Harris, K ^a,b   Chiu, H ^a,b   Doyle, M ^a,b   Chow, E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; dose fractionation; knowledge translation; palliative; patterns of practice; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERTIFICATION; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP; HUMAN; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PELVIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SPINE; STERNUM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43049178396     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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