Patterns of practice in palliative radiotherapy for painful bone metastases: Impact of a regional rapid access clinic on access to care

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 533-538

  Wu, Jackson S Y ^a   Kerba, Marc ^a   Wong, Rebecca K S ^b   McKimmon, Erin ^c   Eigl, Bernhard ^a   Hagen, Neil A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone neoplasms; Health services accessibility; Palliative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS;

ACCESS SERVICE; ACCESS TO CARE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE NEOPLASMS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FIRST-TIME USER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PALLIATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION TREATMENTS; SERVICE PROVIDER; TRAVEL DISTANCE; TREATMENT MODALITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE NEOPLASMS; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PAIN CLINIC; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETREATMENT; SECONDARY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956507920     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1716     Document Type: Article

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