Radiotherapy in Australia one year after the Baume report:  vision or mirage?

Barton, Michael B; Peters, Lester J; Kenny, Lizbeth M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05797.x

Topics

Neoplasms

Diagnostic techniques and procedures

Radiotherapy should be an integral part of a comprehensive national cancer control plan

1 Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Liverpool Health Service, Liverpool, NSW.
2 Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, VIC.
3 Division of Oncology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, QLD.

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