Developing a national radiation oncology registry: From acorns to oaks

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-17

  Palta, Jatinder R ^a   Efstathiou, Jason A ^b   Bekelman, Justin E ^c   Mutic, Sasa ^d   Bogardus, Carl R ^e   McNutt, Todd R ^f   Gabriel, Peter E ^c   Lawton, Colleen A ^g   Zietman, Anthony L ^b   Rose, Christopher M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h Department of Radiation Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY REGISTRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84155165481     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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