Penetration of recommended procedures for lung cancer staging and management in the United States over 10 years: A quality research in radiation oncology survey

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1082-1089

  Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Khalid, Najma ^b   Langer, Corey J ^c   Kong, Feng Ming ^d   Owen, Jean B ^b   Crozier, Cheryl L ^b   Wilson, J Frank ^e   Wei, Xiong ^a   Movsas, Benjamin ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCURRENT CHEMORADIATION; METHODS AND MATERIALS; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PROPHYLACTIC CRANIAL IRRADIATIONS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCERS; WHOLE-BODY IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SURVEYS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKULL IRRADIATION; UNITED STATES; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875229755     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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