Patients' preference for radiotherapy fractionation schedule in the palliation of symptomatic unresectable lung cancer

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-502

  Tang, J I ^a,c   Shakespeare, T P ^b   Lu, J J ^a   Chan, Y H ^c   Lee, K M ^a,d   Wong, L C ^a   Mukherjee, R K ^a,d   Back, M F ^a,d  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d North Coast Cancer Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision board; Lung cancer; Palliative; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 55649117689     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2008.02002.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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