Patterns of radiation treatment planning for localized prostate cancer in Japan: 2003-05 patterns of care study report

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 820-824

  Nakamura, Katsumasa ^a   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^b   Sasaki, Tomonari ^c   Onishi, Hiroshi ^d   Koizumi, Masahiko ^e   Araya, Masayuki ^d   Mukumoto, Nobutaka ^f   Mitsumori, Michihide ^g   Teshima, Teruki ^f  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY BEPPU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Patterns of Care Study; Prostate cancer; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PHOTON THERAPY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RESEARCH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70849102020     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyp115     Document Type: Article

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