Stable overall referral rates of primary radiotherapy for newly diagnosed cancer patients in the ageing population of South-Eastern Netherlands, 1975-1998

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-108

  Lybeert, Marnix L M ^a   Louwman, Marieke ^b   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^b,c  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Population based; Primary radiotherapy; The Netherlands; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SEX RATIO; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 4644241832     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.07.031     Document Type: Article

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