Variations in radiotherapy delivery in England - Evidence from the national radiotherapy dataset

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 531-537

  Hoskin, P J ^a   Forbes, H ^b   Ball, C ^b   Riley, D ^c   Cooper, T ^c   Tait, D ^d   Duxbury, K ^d   Lloyd, K ^d   Tozer Loft, S ^d   Murphy, A ^d   Kirkbride, P ^d   Murphy, T ^d   Thomas, S ^d   Francis, A ^d   Locke, I ^d   Fell, K ^d   Parker, T ^d   Beardmore, C ^d  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Portland House   (United Kingdom)

^d National Cancer Action Team ^*

Author keywords

Deprivation; England; Linear accelerator; Population; Radiotherapy; Regions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEPRIVATION; ENGLAND; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; POPULATION; RADIOTHERAPY; REGIONS;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881549961     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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