A fork in the road: Choosing the path of relevance

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 214-216

  Wallner, Paul E ^a   Steinberg, Michael L ^b   McBride, William H ^b   Hahn, Stephen M ^c   Zietman, Anthony L ^d  

^a 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOLOGY; TRENDS;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOBIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 84929493147     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.01.010     Document Type: Editorial

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