External Beam Radiotherapy for Colon Cancer: Patterns of Care

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1420-1424

  Dunn, Emily F ^a   Kozak, Kevin R ^a   Moody, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Moses Cone Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Radiation; SEER

Indexed keywords

COLON CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE METHODS; PATIENT POPULATION; PATTERNS OF CARE; PAUCITY OF DATA; TEMPORAL CHANGE; THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS; TUMOR LOCATION; UNIVARIATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949562606     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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