Standardizing dose prescriptions: An ASTRO white paper

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages e369-e381

  Evans, Suzanne B ^a   Fraass, Benedick A ^b   Berner, Paula ^c   Collins, Kevin S ^d   Nurushev, Teamour ^e   O'Neill, Michael J ^f   Zeng, Jing ^g   Marks, Lawrence B ^h  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^f Radiation Oncology Associates of Lynchburg   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTON; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT SCHEDULE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRESCRIPTIONS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84995624359     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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