Radiotherapy for oncologic emergencies on weekends: Examining reasons for treatment and patterns of practice at a Canadian cancer centre

Current Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Mitera, Gunita ^a   Swaminath, A ^a   Wong, S ^a   Goh, P ^a   Robson, S ^a   Sinclair, E ^a   Danjoux, C ^a   Chow, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency radiation treatment; Metastases; Spinal cord compression; Weekend radiation treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR BLEEDING;

EID: 70350614171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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