Concordance between thoracic multidisciplinary meeting recommendations for radiation therapy and actual treatment for lung cancer

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 696-702

  Loh, Jasmin ^a   Stevens, Graham ^a   Stevens, Wendy ^b,c   Kolbe, John ^c  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Northern Cancer Network   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

lung cancer; meeting; multidisciplinary; radiation oncology; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED;

EID: 84870616248     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2012.02460.x     Document Type: Article

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