Radiotherapy for bone metastases: Practice in Norway 1997-2007. A national registry-based study

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1129-1136

  Laugsand, Tonje Sande ^a   Kaasa, Stein ^a,b   Romundstad, Pål ^a   Johannesen, Tom Borge ^c   Lund, Jo Åsmund ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TRAVEL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMY; BREAST CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NORWAY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880299871     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.747697     Document Type: Article

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