The role of radiotherapy in cancer treatment
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Summary
This study estimates the ideal proportion of new cases of cancer that should receive radiotherapy at least once during the course of their illness based on the best available evidence to identify areas where improvements in the evidence‐based use of radiotherapy can be made.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2005-09-15
- Cited by
- 1,759
- References
- 39
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W1484334610
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:19068487
Keywords
Radiation therapy, Medicine, Confidence interval, Cancer, Radiation treatment planning
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