The impact of cancer incidence and stage on optimal utilization of radiotherapy: Methodology of a population based analysis by the ESTRO-HERO project

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-50

  Borras, Josep M ^a   Barton, Michael ^b   Grau, Cai ^c   Corral, Julieta ^d   Verhoeven, Rob ^e   Lemmens, Valery ^e   Van Eycken, Liesbet ^f   Henau, Kris ^f   Primic Zakelj, Maja ^g   Strojan, Primoz ^g   Trojanowski, Maciej ^h   Dyzmann Sroka, Agnieszka ^h   Kubiak, Anna ^h   Gasparotto, Chiara ⁱ   Defourny, Noemie ⁱ   Malicki, Julian ^j   Dunscombe, Peter ^k   Coffey, Mary ^l   Lievens, Yolande ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INGHAM INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Netherlands Cancer registry Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation   (Netherlands)

^f Belgian Cancer Registry   (Belgium)

^g INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^h GREATER POLAND CANCER CENTRE   (Poland)

ⁱ European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology   (Belgium)

^j POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^l TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^m GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Cancer registry; Optimal utilization; Radiotherapy; Stage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; POLAND; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLOVENIA; COOPERATION; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938986800     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.04.021     Document Type: Article

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