Questionnaire based quality assurance for the RT01 trial of dose escalation in conformal radiotherapy for prostate cancer (ISRCTN 47772397)

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-207

  Mayles, W Philip M ^a   Moore, A Rollo ^b   Aird, Edwin G A ^b   Bidmead, A Margaret ^c   Dearnaley, David P ^d   Griffiths, Sue E ^e   Stephens, Richard J ^f   Warrington, A P Jim ^c  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^f MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Prostate; Quality assurance; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7944230665     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.08.017     Document Type: Article

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