What We Have Learned: The Impact of Quality From a Clinical Trials Perspective

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-28

  FitzGerald, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Quality Assurance Review Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CREDENTIALING; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83455210610     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: 15329461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2011.09.004     Document Type: Review

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