Overview of brachytherapy resources in Latin America: A patterns-of-care survey

Brachytherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 363-368

  Guedea, Ferran ^a   Ventura, Montse ^a   Londres, Bradley ^a   Pinillos, Luis ^b   Poitevin, Adela ^c   Ospino, Rosalba ^d   Cordova, Andres ^e   Camacho, Rolando ^f   Britton, Ricardo ^g   Sarria, Gustavo ^h   Sempere, Pilar ⁱ   Delgado, Rene Luis ^j   Bulnes, Ricardo ^k   Ventura, Nalya Cruz ^l   Limbergen, Erik Van ^m   Haie Meder, Christine ⁿ   Kovacs, Gyorgy ^o  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c Department of Radiation Oncology Medica Sur ^*  (Mexico)

^d Instituto Nacional de Cancerología   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ONCOLOGÍA Y RADIOBIOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^g Radiation Therapy Unit   (Panama)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLÁSICAS   (Peru)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CARACAS   (Venezuela)

^j Hospital Obrero No1   (Bolivia)

^k Hospital General San Felipe   (Honduras)

^l Cibao Regional Oncological Institute   (Dominican Republic)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

ⁿ INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Latin America; Patterns of care; Radiotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 80052323855     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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