Clinical audit in radiation oncology: Results from one academic centre in delhi, india

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2829-2834

  Kaur, Jaspreet ^a   Mohanti, Bidhu Kalyan ^a,b   Muzumder, Sandeep ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Fortis Memorial Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Compliance; Overall time; Radiotherapy audit; Treatment machine; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL AUDIT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880346641     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.5.2829     Document Type: Article

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