Patterns of radiotherapy practice for biliary tract cancer in Japan: Results of the Japanese radiation oncology study group (JROSG) survey

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Isohashi, Fumiaki ^a   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Oikawa, Hirobumi ^b   Onishi, Hiroshi ^c   Uchida, Nobue ^d,e   Maebayashi, Toshiya ^f   Kanesaka, Naoto ^g   Tamamoto, Tetsuro ^h   Asakura, Hirofumi ⁱ   Kosugi, Takashi ^j   Uno, Takashi ^k   Ito, Yoshinori ^l   Karasawa, Katsuyuki ^m   Takayama, Makoto ⁿ   Manabe, Yoshihiko ^o   Yamazaki, Hideya ^p   Takemoto, Mitsuhiro ^q   Yoshioka, Yasuo ^a   Nemoto, Kenji ^r   Nishimura, Yasumasa ^s  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Tottori Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

^f NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^j HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^k CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁿ KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^p KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^q OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^r YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Adjuvant; Biliary tract cancer; Chemotherapy; Palliative; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; GIMERACIL PLUS OTERACIL POTASSIUM PLUS TEGAFUR; UFT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRALUMINAL BRACHYTHERAPY; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84875502820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-8-76     Document Type: Article

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