Waiting for radiotherapy
- 12 January 2006
- Vol. 332 (7533) , 107-109
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7533.107
Abstract
Amid recent improvements in cancer care within the United Kingdom, inadequate radiotherapy capacity compromises care and is an important and underappreciated problem.Keywords
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