Delivery of Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer: Organisational and Technical Advice to Facilitate High-quality Care

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 605-614

  Morton, G ^a   Walker Dilks, C ^b,c   Baldassarre, F ^b,c   D'Souza, D ^d   Falkson, C ^e   Batchelar, D ^a   Gutierrez, E ^b   Bak, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Organisational guideline

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANADA; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 77955661187     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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