Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 122-128 , April 2010

Radiosurgery scope of practice in Canada: A report of the Canadian association of radiation oncology (CARO) radiosurgery advisory committee

  • David Roberge

      Affiliations

    • McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, McGill University Health, Centre/Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4.
    • ,
  • Cynthia Ménard

      Affiliations

    • University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Glenn Bauman

      Affiliations

    • London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Alex Chan

      Affiliations

    • Alberta Radiosurgery Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • ,
  • Liam Mulroy

      Affiliations

    • Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Arjun Sahgal

      Affiliations

    • University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • University of Toronto, Sunnybrooke Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Shawn Malone

      Affiliations

    • Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael McKenzie

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver Cancer Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Garry Schroeder

      Affiliations

    • CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    • ,
  • Marie-Andrée Fortin

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Annie Ebacher

      Affiliations

    • Centre Universitaire de Santé de l’Estrie, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael Milosevic

      Affiliations

    • University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Received 21 December 2009 ,Accepted 7 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.01.003

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 122-128 , April 2010

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