Time management in radiation oncology: Development and evaluation of a modular system based on the example of rectal cancer treatment: The DEGRO-QUIRO trial

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-11

  Fietkau, R ^a   Budach, W ^b   Zamboglou, N ^c   Thiel, H J ^d   Sack, H ^e   Popp, W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^d Sozialstiftung Bamberg ^*  (Germany)

^e German Association for Radiooncology   (Germany)

^f Prime Networks AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Medical staff; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer; Time requirement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; TIME MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOSE FRACTIONATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84856347530     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-0003-1     Document Type: Article

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