Journal article
Barriers to Referral for Palliative Radiotherapy by Physicians: A Systematic Review
Abstract
AIMS: Palliative radiotherapy (PRT) can relieve symptoms and improve quality of life, but remains underutilised, possibly due to lack of referrals. We conducted a systematic review to study barriers impeding referral for PRT.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched EMBASE and MEDLINE to identify published studies of physician barriers to PRT referral. Data were synthesised using the percentage of respondents to the surveys in these studies who …
Authors
Livergant J; Howard M; Klein J
Journal
Clinical Oncology, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. e75–e84
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2019
DOI
10.1016/j.clon.2018.09.009
ISSN
0936-6555