Japanese structure survey of radiation oncology in 2007 based on institutional stratification of patterns of care study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1483-1493

  Teshima, Teruki ^a   Numasaki, Hodaka ^a   Shibuya, Hitoshi ^b   Nishio, Masamichi ^c   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^d   Sekiguchi, Kenji ^e   Kamikonya, Norihiko ^f   Koizumi, Masahiko ^g   Tago, Masao ^h   Ando, Yutaka ⁱ   Tsukamoto, Nobuhito ^j   Terahara, Atsuro ^k   Nakamura, Katsumasa ^l   Mitsumori, Michihide ^m   Nishimura, Tetsuo ⁿ   Hareyama, Masato ^o  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d SAKAI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^j SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l KYUSHU UNIVERSITY BEPPU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^o SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Caseload; Radiotherapy equipment; Radiotherapy facility; Radiotherapy personnel; Structure survey

Indexed keywords

CASELOAD; RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT; RADIOTHERAPY FACILITY; RADIOTHERAPY PERSONNEL; STRUCTURE SURVEY;

EQUIPMENT; IRIDIUM; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY; REMOTE CONTROL; SURVEYS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

COBALT 60; IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BETATRON; BONE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COBALT TELETHERAPY; COLON; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT; ESOPHAGUS; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; JAPAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PANCREAS; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RECTUM; SAMPLE SIZE; SKIN; SMALL INTESTINE; SOFT TISSUE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STOMACH; TRACHEA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78549248456     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.10.019     Document Type: Article

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