Patterns of care study for brachytherapy: Results of the questionnaire for the years 2002 and 2007 in The Netherlands

Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 145-152

  Venselaar, Jack L M ^a   Slotman, Ben J ^b   Guedea, Ferran ^c   Ventura, Montse ^c   Londres, Bradley ^c   Francois, Guy ^d  

^a Instituut Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^d European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Patterns of care study; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 78751496623     PISSN: 1689832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2010.19493     Document Type: Article

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