Patterns of Care Study quantitative evaluation of the quality of radiotherapy in Japan.

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Published in Cancer on July 01, 2002

Authors

Kazuaki Tanisada1, Teruki Teshima, Yuko Ohno, Toshihiko Inoue, Mitsuyuki Abe, Hiroshi Ikeda, Jean B Owen, Gerald E Hanks, Kouji Masuda, Yoshifumi Honke

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Engineering, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

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