Geographic miss in radiation oncology: Have we missed the boat?

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 506-509

  Everitt, S ^a,b   Kron, T ^a,c   Leong, T ^a,c   Schneider Kolsky, M ^b   Mac Manus, M ^a,c  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Quality control; Radiation therapy; Research

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LETHAL DOSE; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL;

AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 70349784504     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2009.02102.x     Document Type: Review

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