Estimating the need for radiotherapy for patients with prostate, breast, and lung cancers: Verification of model estimates of need with radiotherapy utilization data from British Columbia

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1507-1515

  Tyldesley, Scott ^a   Delaney, Geoff ^b   Foroudi, Farshad ^c   Barbera, Lisa ^d   Kerba, Marc ^e   Mackillop, William ^f  

^a Vancouver Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^e TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^f Kingston Regional Cancer Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Needs analysis; Population; Radiotherapy; Utilization

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; HEALTH REGIONS; HEALTH-CARE DECISIONS; LUNG CANCER; MODEL ESTIMATES; NEEDS ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PROSTATE CANCERS; UTILIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ESTIMATION; HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN EPIDEMIOLOGICALLY BASED ESTIMATE OF NEED; BIOSTATISTICS; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANADIAN EPIDEMIOLOGICALLY BASED ESTIMATE OF NEED; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CRITERION BASED BENCHMARKING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BENCHMARKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 79952707732     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.12.070     Document Type: Article

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