Patterns of radiotherapy practice for patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix: A patterns of care study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1144-1153

  Eifel, Patricia J ^a   Moughan, Jennifer ^b   Erickson, Beth ^c   Iarocci, Tom ^b   Grant, Debora ^b   Owen, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Patterns of Care Study; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; CHEMOTHERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING; SURGERY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ELIGIBLE PATIENTS; PATIENT RECORDS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 7444258001     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.04.063     Document Type: Article

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