## BACKGROUND. For the first time, a Patterns of Care Study (PCS) was conducted in 1992-1994 to determine the national practice standards in evaluating and treating patients with esophageal carcinoma and to determine the degree to which clinical trials have been incorporated into national practice
Discriminant analysis of radiation therapy procedures: The patterns of care process survey for carcinoma of the larynx
β Scribed by Charles J. Maclean; Lawrence W. Davis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 491 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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