Palliative Radiotherapy for Women with Breast Cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 506-512

  Danielson, B ^a   Winget, M ^a   Gao, Z ^a   Murray, B ^a   Pearcey, R ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; breast cancer; palliative radiotherapy; use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 48349125640     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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