Radiotherapy capacity in Europe

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Grau, Cai ^a   Borras, Josep M ^b   Malicki, Julian ^c   Slotman, Ben ^d   Dunscombe, Peter ^e   Coffey, Mary ^f   Hollywood, Donal ^f   Guedea, Ferran ^g   Gasparotto, Chiara ^h   Lievens, Yolande ⁱ  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c GREATER POLAND CANCER CENTRE   (Poland)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^f TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^h European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology   (Belgium)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRALIZATION; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; NEOPLASM; NOTE;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84876985385     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70069-X     Document Type: Letter

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