Cross-border referral for early breast cancer: An analysis of radiation fractionation patterns

Current Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Dayes, Ian S ^a,c   Whelan, Timothy J ^a,b,c   Julian, Jim A ^c   Kuettel, Michael R ^d,f   Regmi, Dybesh ^b   Okawara, Gordon S ^a,c   Patel, Malti ^a,c   Reiter, Harold I ^a,c   Dubois, Sacha ^e,g  

^a JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ST JOSEPH'S CARE GROUP   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^g LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cross border referral; Fractionation; Patterns of practice; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44849128669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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