Development, implementation, and compliance of treatment pathways in radiation medicine

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 3 MAY, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Potters, Louis ^a   Raince, Jadeep ^a   Chou, Henry ^a   Kapur, Ajay ^a   Bulanowski, Daniel ^a   Stanzione, Regina ^a   Lee, Lucille ^a  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Care pathways; Protocols; Radiation oncology; Value based medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84891125102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00105     Document Type: Article

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