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"Assessing the methodological quality of systematic reviews in radiation oncology: A systematic review".

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

25 year survival outcomes for squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck: population-based outcomes from a Canadian province.

scientific article published on 14 April 2014

Access to medical and supportive care for rural and remote cancer survivors in northern British Columbia.

scientific article published in February 2014

Adult childhood cancer survivors' narratives of managing their health: the unexpected and the unresolved

scientific article published on 30 January 2016

Anxiety After Diagnosis Predicts Lung Cancer-Specific and Overall Survival in Patients With Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study

scientific article published on 4 January 2017

Asian and non-Asian disparities in outcomes of non-nasopharyngeal head and neck cancer.

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Assessing the risk of inadvertent radiation exposure of pregnant patients during radiation therapy planning and treatment in British Columbia

scientific article published on 06 October 2011

Comparison of patient-reported outcomes with single versus multiple fraction palliative radiotherapy for bone metastasis in a population-based cohort

scientific article published on 9 April 2016

Comparison of recurrence and survival rates after breast-conserving therapy and mastectomy in young women with breast cancer

scientific article published on December 2013

Does the Intent to Irradiate the Internal Mammary Nodes Impact Survival in Women With Breast Cancer? A Population-Based Analysis in British Columbia ⬇️

scientific article published on February 16, 2012

Evaluation of dosimetric consequences of seroma contour variability in accelerated partial breast irradiation using a constructed representative seroma contour.

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Examining geographic accessibility to radiotherapy in Canada and Greenland for indigenous populations: Measuring inequities to inform solutions

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

Follow-up patterns of cancer survivors: a survey of Canadian radiation oncologists

scientific article published on 18 September 2014

Impact of Travel Distance and Urban-Rural Status on the Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Cancer

scientific article published on 7 October 2016

Impact of Using Audit Data to Improve the Evidence-Based Use of Single-Fraction Radiation Therapy for Bone Metastases in British Columbia

scientific article published on 8 July 2015

Impact of hospital volume on quality indicators for rectal cancer surgery in British Columbia, Canada

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Impact of quality assurance rounds in a Canadian radiation therapy department

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In regard to de Lima et al.

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In reply to Raince and Bloom

scientific article published in February 2015

Incidence and treatment patterns of complicated bone metastases in a population-based radiotherapy program.

scientific article published on 26 October 2015

Incidence of distal bone metastases in patients treated for palliative radiotherapy and associations with primary tumour types

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Incidence of second metachronous head and neck cancers: population-based outcomes over 25 years

scientific article published on 30 May 2014

Management of stage II and III rectal cancer in British Columbia: Is there a rural-urban difference?

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

Neoadjuvant systemic therapy in breast cancer: use and trends in radiotherapy practice

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Oncologists' view of informed consent and shared decision making in paediatric radiation oncology

scientific article published on 31 August 2011

Palliative radiotherapy fractionation schedules prescribed are dependent on the distance a patient travels to receive treatment.

scientific article published on 29 October 2015

Parents' perspectives of life challenges experienced by long-term paediatric brain tumour survivors: work and finances, daily and social functioning, and legal difficulties.

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Patient preferences for timing and access to radiation therapy

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Patient-reported outcome use in oncology: a systematic review of the impact on patient-clinician communication

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

Population-based assessment of relationship between volume of practice and outcomes in head and neck cancer patients treated in a provincially coordinated radiotherapy program

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

Population-based comparison of two feeding tube approaches for head and neck cancer patients receiving concurrent systemic-radiation therapy: is a prophylactic feeding tube approach harmful or helpful?

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Population-based phase II trial of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for up to 5 oligometastases: SABR-5

scientific article published on 04 October 2018

Prognostic and predictive value of epigenetic silencing of MGMT in patients with high grade gliomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 27 April 2011

Programmatic Comparison and Dissemination of an Audit of Single-fraction Radiation Therapy Prescribing Practices for Bone Metastases is Associated with a Meaningful and Lasting Change in Practice on a Population Level

scientific article published on 11 June 2018

Prospective analysis of patient reported symptoms and quality of life in patients with incurable lung cancer treated in a rapid access clinic

scientific article published on 29 July 2017

Prospective associations of depression with survival: a population-based cohort study in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer

scientific article published on 13 December 2013

Prospective comparison of the prognostic utility of the Mini Mental State Examination and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in patients with brain metastases

scientific article published on 19 October 2010

Prospective comparison of two cognitive screening tests: diagnostic accuracy and correlation with community integration and quality of life

scientific article published on 26 April 2011

Prospective evaluation of legal difficulties and quality of life in adult survivors of childhood cancer.

scientific article published in March 2011

Prospective evaluation of unmet needs of rural and aboriginal cancer survivors in Northern British Columbia

scientific article published on April 2014

Provincial development of a patient-reported outcome initiative to guide patient care, quality improvement, and research.

scientific article published in January 2018

Quality of Life Outcomes After Stereotactic Ablative Radiation Therapy (SABR) Versus Standard of Care Treatments in the Oligometastatic Setting: A Secondary Analysis of the SABR-COMET Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 27 August 2019

Radiotherapeutic Management of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in the Minimal Resource Setting.

scientific article published on January 2016

Referral Patterns of Patients for Palliative Radiation Therapy in British Columbia: A Comparison Between Rural and Urban Family Physicians

scientific article published on 29 June 2012

Relationships between family physicians’ referral for palliative radiotherapy, knowledge of indications for radiotherapy, and prior training: a survey of rural and urban family physicians ⬇️

scientific article published on May 18, 2012

SUPR-3D: A randomized phase iii trial comparing simple unplanned palliative radiotherapy versus 3d conformal radiotherapy for patients with bone metastases: study protocol

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Second malignancies after adjuvant radiation therapy for early stage breast cancer: is there increased risk with addition of regional radiation to local radiation?

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Selection bias potentially overestimates risk of breast pain from radiotherapy ⬇️

scientific article published on February 26, 2011

Should women younger than 40 years of age with invasive breast cancer have a mastectomy? 15-year outcomes in a population-based cohort

scientific article published on 03 September 2014

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for comprehensive treatment of oligometastatic tumors (SABR-COMET): study protocol for a randomized phase II trial

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Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for the comprehensive treatment of 1-3 Oligometastatic tumors (SABR-COMET-3): study protocol for a randomized phase III trial

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

The Distribution and Patterns of Practice of Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy in Canada

scientific article published on 11 October 2013

The Vancouver rapid access clinic for palliative lung radiation, providing more than just rapid access

scientific article published on 08 July 2014

The impact of peer review of volume delineation in stereotactic body radiation therapy planning for primary lung cancer: a multicenter quality assurance study

scientific article published on April 2014

Trajectories of social isolation in adult survivors of childhood cancer.

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Urban and rural differences in outcomes of head and neck cancer

scientific article published on 20 September 2017

Use of single- versus multiple-fraction palliative radiation therapy for bone metastases: population-based analysis of 16,898 courses in a Canadian province

scientific article published on 8 July 2014

Utilization of palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases near end of life in a population-based cohort

scientific article published on 10 January 2016

Volumetric Radiosurgery for 1 to 10 Brain Metastases: A Multicenter, Single-Arm, Phase 2 Study.

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

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