Consensus statement on palliative lung radiotherapy: Third international consensus workshop on palliative radiotherapy and symptom control

Clinical Lung Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Rodrigues, George ^a   MacBeth, Fergus ^b   Burmeister, Bryan ^c   Kelly, Karie Lynn ^d   Bezjak, Andrea ^e   Langer, Corey ^f   Hahn, Carol ^g   Movsas, Benjamin ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Kootenai Cancer Center   (United States)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent chemotherapy; Consensus statement; Endobronchial brachytherapy; External beam radiation therapy; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDLINE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 84855648961     PISSN: 15257304     EISSN: 19380690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2011.04.004     Document Type: Review

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