Patterns of practice in the prescription of palliative radiotherapy for the treatment of bone metastases at the Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program between 2005 and 2012

Current Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Thavarajah, N ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Wong, K ^a   Bedard, G ^a   Wong, E ^a   Tsao, M ^a   Danjoux, C ^a   Barnes, E ^a   Sahgal, A ^a   Dennis, K ^a   Holden, L ^a   Lauzon, N ^a   Chow, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastasis; Dose fractionation; Palliative radiation therapy; Patterns of practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84886911892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.20.1457     Document Type: Article

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