The feasibility of telephone follow-up led by a radiation therapist: Experience in a multidisciplinary bone metastases clinic

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 175-179

  Dixon, Winter ^a   Danielson, Brita ^a   Pituskin, Edith ^a   Fairchild, Alysa ^a   Ghosh, Sunita ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CENTER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; RADIATION THERAPIST; TELECONSULTATION;

EID: 78650335270     PISSN: 19398654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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