Patterns of Care for Lung Cancer in Radiation Oncology Departments of Turkey

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1530-1537

  Demiral, Ayşe Nur ^a   Alicikus, Zümre Arican ^a   Işil Ugur, Vahide ^b   Karadogan, Ilker ^c   Yöney, Adnan ^d   Andrieu, Meltem Nalça ^e   Yalman, Deniz ^f   Pak, Yücel ^g   Aksu, Gamze ^h   Özyigit, Gökhan ⁱ   Özkan, Lütfi ^j   Kilçiksiz, Sevil ^k   Koca, Sedat ^l   Çaloǧlu, Murat ^m   Yavuz, Ali Aydin ⁿ   Başak Çaǧlar, Hale ^o   Beyzadeoǧlu, Murat ^p   Iǧdem, Şefik ^q   Serin, Meltem ^r   Kaplan, Bünyamin ^s   Koç, Mehmet ^t   Korkmaz, Esra ^u   Karakoyun Çelik, Ömür ^v   Dinçer, Selvi ^d   Kinay, Münir ^a   more..

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Izmir Oncology Center   (Turkey)

^d OKMEYDANI TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^g GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^h AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^j ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^o MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^p GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^q FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^r INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^s ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^t ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^u TEPECIK EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^v CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Lung cancer; Patterns of care; Radiation oncology; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CHEMOTHERAPY; ONCOLOGY; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CISPLATIN; COMPLETE RESPONSES; CRANIAL IRRADIATIONS; ETOPOSIDE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CANCERS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES; PATTERNS OF CARE; PATTERNS OF CARES; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPIES; RADIATION ONCOLOGIES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; TREATMENT STRATEGIES; TURKISHS;

STAGES;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TURKEY;

EID: 56349123023     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.03.035     Document Type: Article

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