Provision of cancer treatment services: the role of a district general hospital department of clinical oncology.
Recent reports from the Royal College of Radiologists have highlighted the debate surrounding the provision of cancer services. This review describes the work of a district hospital based department of clinical oncology, emphasizing the access to and the outcome and scope of treatment. The findings indicate that district general hospital based cancer centres can provide a comprehensive, accessible, high quality consultant based service.
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Department of Clinical Oncology, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, UK.
D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom