Use of single-versus multiple-fraction palliative radiation therapy for bone metastases: Population-based analysis of 16,898 courses in a Canadian Province

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1092-1099

  Olson, Robert A ^a,b,c   Tiwana, Manpreet S ^a,b   Barnes, Mark ^a   Kiraly, Andrew ^a,b   Beecham, Kwamena ^a,b   Miller, Stacy ^a,c   Hoegler, David ^a,c   Olivotto, Ivo ^a,c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CULTURAL EFFECTS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; METHODS AND MATERIALS; PALLIATIVE RADIATIONS; PROSTATE CANCERS; SINGLE FRACTIONS; SPINE METASTASIS;

PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB EXPERIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; SPINE METASTASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904126841     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.04.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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