Quality assurance in the prospective multi-institutional trial on definitive radiotherapy using high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy for uterine cervical cancer: The individual case review

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 813-819

  Toita, Takafumi ^a   Oguchi, Masahiko ^b   Ohno, Tatsuya ^c   Kato, Shingo ^d   Niibe, Yuzuru ^e   Kodaira, Takeshi ^f   Kazumoto, Tomoko ^g   Kataoka, Masaaki ^h   Shikama, Naoto ⁱ   Kenjo, Masahiro ^j   Teshima, Teruki ^k   Kagami, Yoshikazu ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY HEAVY ION MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^h NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Clinical trial; Quality assurance; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70849123315     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyp105     Document Type: Review

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