Use of palliative radiotherapy in brain and bone metastases (VARA II study)

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Expósito, Jose ^a   Jaén, Javier ^b   Alonso, Enrique ^c   Tovar, Isabel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b Institute of Oncology of Cartuja   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Brain metastases; Palliative radiation therapy; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864510136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-7-131     Document Type: Article

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