The effect of delay in treatment on local control by radiotherapy
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*PhysicsPublished 1 January 1996Open access
W.J. Mackillop, Jason H. T. Bates, Brian O’Sullivan, H. Rodney Withers
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It was concluded that delay in initiation of radiotherapy may be associated with a clinically important deterioration in local control rates, and recommended that waiting times for radiotherapy should be As Short As Reasonably Achievable (ASARA).
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It was concluded that delay in initiation of radiotherapy may be associated with a clinically important deterioration in local control rates. We recommend that waiting times for radiotherapy should be As Short As Reasonably Achievable (ASARA).
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