Japanese structure survey of radiation oncology in 2007 with special reference to designated cancer care hospitals

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Numasaki, Hodaka ^a   Shibuya, Hitoshi ^b   Nishio, Masamichi ^c   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^d   Sekiguchi, Kenji ^e   Kamikonya, Norihiko ^f   Koizumi, Masahiko ^g   Tago, Masao ^h   Ando, Yutaka ⁱ   Tsukamoto, Nobuhiro ^j   Terahara, Atsuro ^k   Nakamura, Katsumasa ^l   Mitsumori, Michihide ^m   Nishimura, Tetsuo ⁿ   Hareyama, Masato ^o   Teshima, Teruki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d SAKAI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^j SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l KYUSHU UNIVERSITY BEPPU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁿ SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^o SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Caseload; Medical care system; Radiotherapy equipment; Radiotherapy facility; Radiotherapy personnel; Structure survey

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; POPULATION SIZE; REVIEW; SIMULATOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MANPOWER; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 79955673371     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-010-2205-3     Document Type: Review

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