Radiation oncology facilities in Turkey: Current status and future perspectives

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2157-2162

  Goksel, Fatih ^a,c   Koc, Orhan ^a,d   Ozgul, Nejat ^b   Gultekin, Murat ^b   Abacioglu, Melike ^b   Tuncer, Murat ^b   Sencan, Irfan ^a,c  

^a General Secretariat of Curative Services   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^c DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d Yenimahalle Public Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer radiotherapy; Equipment; Future politics; Staff; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; ONCOLOGY; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; TURKEY;

EID: 84866340103     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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