Patterns of Retreatment by Radiotherapy

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-18

  Barton, M B ^a   Hudson, H M ^b   Delaney, G ^a,c   Gruver, P ^a   Liu, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Liverpool Cancer Therapy Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy service delivery; Retreatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETREATMENT;

EID: 78650416407     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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