Palliative Radiotherapy for Non-melanoma Skin Cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 844-849

  Barnes, E A ^a   Breen, D ^a   Culleton, S ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Kamra, J ^a   Tsao, M ^a   Balogh, J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

0 7 21; Non melanoma skin cancer; Palliative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78149498239     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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