Patterns of care for brachytherapy in Europe: Updated results

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 514-520

  Guedea, Ferran ^a,k   Venselaar, Jack ^b   Hoskin, Peter ^c   Hellebust, Taran Paulsen ^d,e   Peiffert, Didier ^f   Londres, Bradley ^a   Ventura, Montse ^a   Mazeron, Jean Jacques ^g   Limbergen, Erik Van ^h   Pötter, Richard ⁱ   Kovacs, Gyorgy ^j  

^a L'Hospitalet de Llobregat ^*  (Spain)

^b Instituut Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

^c MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^k CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Europe; Patterns of care; Questionnaire; Radiotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; EUROPE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WORKLOAD;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 78651486071     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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