Radiotherapy infrastructure and human resources in Europe - Present status and its implications for 2020

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 2735-2743

  Datta, Niloy Ranjan ^a   Samiei, Massoud ^b   Bodis, Stephan ^a,c  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b International Information Professional Development   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer control; Europe; Guidelines; Human resources; Infrastructure; Radiotherapy capacity

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

EUROPE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84907294600     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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