Tumor board: More than treatment planning - A 1-year prospective survey

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-237

  Gatcliffe, Troy A ^a,c   Coleman, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONSULTATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTY BOARDS;

EID: 57349141500     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190802189014     Document Type: Article

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