title: Palliative radiotherapy for patients with bone metastases: survey of primary care physicians.
abstract: Three hundred Canadian primary care physicians were surveyed to determine their perceived barriers to the accessibility of palliative bone radiotherapy and their perceptions regarding treatment efficacy. The response rate was 61%. Factors perceived to hinder accessibility were identified, and the physicians recognized they were not comfortable with their radiotherapy knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parliament
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: J Lynn
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bruera
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*