The use of palliative radiotherapy for bone metastasis

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 548-553

  Sutton, Daniel S ^a,b   Kong, Weidong ^a   Ding, Keyue ^b   MacKillop, William J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Bone metastasis; Palliative radiotherapy; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOMA; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 78651474849     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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