Inter-professional variability in the assignment and recording of acute toxicity grade using the RTOG system during prostate radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-399

  Rosewall, Tara ^a,b   Yan, Jing ^a   Bayley, Andrew J ^a,b   Kelly, Valerie ^a,b   Pellizzari, Alana ^a   Chung, Peter ^a,b   Catton, Charles N ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Inter observer; Morbidity; Multidisciplinary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 61749084918     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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