Impediments to Comparative Clinical Trials with Proton Therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-8

  Cox, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TOXICITY; NOTE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; ACCREDITATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; CANCER CENTER; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEOPLASMS; PHOTON; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REIMBURSEMENT; THERAPEUTIC USE;

AGE FACTORS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CREDENTIALING; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHOTONS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84960870913     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.09.036     Document Type: Editorial

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