International Patterns of Practice in Palliative Radiotherapy for Painful Bone Metastases: Evidence-Based Practice?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1501-1510

  Fairchild, Alysa ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth ^b   Ghosh, Sunita ^a   Ben Josef, Edgar ^c   Roos, Daniel ^d   Hartsell, William ^e   Holt, Tanya ^f   Wu, Jackson ^g   Janjan, Nora ^h   Chow, Edward ^b  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital   (United States)

^f Mater Research Support Centre   (Australia)

^g TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

bone metastases; palliation; patterns of practice; radiotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

BONE METASTASES; BONE METASTASIS; CATEGORICAL VARIABLES; CHI-SQUARE TESTS; CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; CURRENT PATTERNS; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES; GLOBAL RADIATION; INTERNET BASED; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PALLIATION; PALLIATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PERFORMANCE STATUS; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; T-TESTS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BONE; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHI SQUARE TEST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMUR; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; STATISTICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THORACIC SPINE;

AUSTRALIA; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349420282     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.084     Document Type: Article

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