Estimating Need for Palliative External Beam Radiotherapy in Adult Cancer Patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 207-211

  Nieder, Carsten ^a,b   Pawinski, Adam ^a   Haukland, Ellinor ^a   Dokmo, Raymond ^a   Phillipi, Isabelle ^a   Dalhaug, Astrid ^a  

^a NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Metastases; Palliation; Palliative radiotherapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURES; BENCHMARK DATA; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER METASTASIS; CANCER PATIENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; LIVER METASTASIS; METASTASES; PALLIATIVE INTENT; PALLIATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOSURGERY; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; TARGET VOLUMES;

BRAIN; PATHOLOGY; TARGETS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72049120929     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.028     Document Type: Article

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