Radiotherapy for Cancer. Vol. 1
Radiotherapy for Cancer. Vol. 1

Author: SBU, The Swedish Concil on Technology Assessment in Health Care

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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This document reviews, classifies, and grades the scientific literature on cancer radiotherapy, describes the practice of radiotherapy, describes the practice of radiotherapy in Sweden, compares practice to scientific knowledge, and analyzes the cost of radiotherapy in Sweden. The report also projects the trends in cancer diseases until the year 2010. A multidisciplinary project group has been responsible for this effort. A study of practice in Sweden shows that somewhat less than one third of all cancer patients receive radiotherapy. Comparing the literature with practice shows that curative treatment is usually readily available in Sweden, and may be overutilized in some cases. A review of the literature shows that radiotherapy plays an essential role in palliative treatment for cancer. Radiotherapy for palliative and symptom-relieving purposes appears to be underutilized in Sweden. The total number of cancer cases in Sweden will increase by about 18% by 2010. Nothing appears in the literature to suggest that other methods for treating cancer would replace radiotherapy in the foreseeable future. The total cost of radiotherapy in Sweden, including capital costs but excluding inpatient costs, is estimated at approximately 330 million Swedish kronor (SEK) per year. There is a need to specialize and centralize the care of uncommon types of tumors and certain interventions that may be rare, yet important for patients. In principle, this concerns all types of cancer therapy. Clinical protocols or guidelines can be applied much more widely.

Author's Handbook of Styles for Life Science Journals
Author's Handbook of Styles for Life Science Journals

Author: Michel Atlas

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1995-11-08

Total Pages: 712

ISBN-13: 9780849325038

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Let the Author's Handbook of Styles for Life Science Journals save you time and trouble by providing a one-stop resource for all your manuscript writing requirements. No more plowing through your journal collection or wandering the library stacks to get those elusive journal pages containing instructions to authors. This unique book contains all the information you need to know: whether the journal will consider your manuscript; the journal's submission address; how to construct the abstract, illustrations, tables, and references; and specific information on copyright, multiple authorship, statistical analyses, and page charges. The Author's Handbook of Styles for Life Science Journals gives all this information for 440 of the most important English-language, life science journals. Titles were selected from the "Journal Rankings by Times Cited" list in the Science Citation Index Journal Citation Report. Because this report is heavily weighted toward the medical sciences, other life science journals are incorporated into the book based on general level of prestige and reputation. In addition, some new titles that promise to be important to their fields, like Nature Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases are also included. Organized by journal title, the handbook's entries are uniformly arranged to allow direct comparison between journals. Information is presented in an easy-to-use, easy-to-read format with clear and explicitly stated instructions. The Author's Handbook of Styles for Life Science Journals gives authors in the life sciences all the information necessary for the correct and complete compilation of a manuscript for submission to their journal of choice.

Outcomes Assessment in Cancer
Outcomes Assessment in Cancer

Author: Joseph Lipscomb

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-08-18

Total Pages: 682

ISBN-13: 9781139442749

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Cancer touches the lives of millions worldwide each year. This is reflected not only in well-publicized mortality statistics but also in the profound - though much more difficult to measure - effects of cancer on the health-related quality of life, economic status, and overall well-being of patients and their families. In 2001, the US National Cancer Institute established the Cancer Outcomes Measurement Working Group to evaluate the state of the science in measuring the important and diverse impacts of this disease on individuals and populations. The findings and recommendations of the working group's 35 internationally recognized members are reported in Outcomes Assessment in Cancer, lucidly written and accessible to both researchers and policy makers in academia, government, and industry. Originally published in 2005, this volume provides a penetrating yet practical discussion of alternative approaches for comprehensively measuring the burden of cancer and the effectiveness of preventive and therapeutic interventions.

List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus
List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus

Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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Issues for 1977-1979 include also Special List journals being indexed in cooperation with other institutions. Citations from these journals appear in other MEDLARS bibliographies and in MEDLING, but not in Index medicus.