Quality, Technology and Outcomes: Evolution and Evaluation of New Treatments and/or New Technology

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-10

  Fraass, Benedick A ^a   Moran, Jean M ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 83455210635     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: 15329461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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