A 'Catch Up' Plan for radiotherapy in New South Wales to 2012

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-430

  Morgan, Graeme ^a,b   Barton, Michael ^c   Crossing, Sally ^d   Bull, Colin ^e   Penman, Andrew ^f  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d New South Wales Cancer Registry   (Australia)

^e WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost estimate; Radiotherapy planning; Survival impact

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALARY;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 68749093076     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2009.02098.x     Document Type: Review

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