Guidelines for equipment and staffing of radiotherapy facilities in the European countries: Final results of the ESTRO-HERO survey

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-177

  Dunscombe, Peter ^a   Grau, Cai ^b   Defourny, Noémie ^c   Malicki, Julian ^d   Borras, Josep M ^e   Coffey, Mary ^f   Bogusz, Marta ^g   Gasparotto, Chiara ^c   Slotman, Ben ^h   Lievens, Yolande ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology   (Belgium)

^d POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Center   (Poland)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Europe; Guidelines; Infrastructure; Radiotherapy; Staffing

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKLOAD; DEVICES; MANPOWER; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

EUROPE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84910126063     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.08.032     Document Type: Article

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