Compliance to the prescribed overall treatment time (OTT) of curative radiotherapy in normal clinical practice and impact on treatment duration of counteracting short interruptions by treating patients on Saturdays

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 302-311

  MacIá I Garau, Miquel ^a,b   Solé Monné, Josep ^a   Cambra Serés, María José ^c   Monfà Binefa, Carlota ^d   Peraire Llopis, Maribel ^c  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Grupo de Investigacion Clinica en Oncologia Radioterapica GICOR   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gap length; Overall treatment time; Radiotherapy; Time factor; Treatment interruptions

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICLE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; TIME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68849094904     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-009-0358-2     Document Type: Review

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