Patterns of practice in radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer among members of the American Society for Radiation Oncology

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Kong, Feng Ming ^a   Cuneo, Kyle C ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Bonner, James A ^b   Gaspar, Laurie E ^c   Komaki, Ritsuko ^d   Sun, Alexander ^e   Morris, David E ^f   Sandler, Howard M ^g   Movsas, Benjamin ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

^g CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; SIMULATION; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CLINICAL PRACTICE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84896697308     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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