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. 2023 Jul 14;6(3):342-345.
doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2022-0142. Epub 2023 May 12.

National Survey of Radiotherapy Utilization Trends from 2015 to 2019, Based on the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan

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National Survey of Radiotherapy Utilization Trends from 2015 to 2019, Based on the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Japan

Atsuto Katano et al. JMA J. .
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Keywords: cancer; radiotherapy; treatment.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The number of receipts related to medical fee code M000. Simple, single-field and parallel-opposed field radiotherapies; Complex, nonparallel-opposed two-field and three-field radiotherapies and intracavitary brachytherapy; Special, four or more field, rotation, and conformal arc radiotherapies and interstitial brachytherapy; IMRT, intensity-modulated radiation therapy.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
The number of receipts related to medical fee code M001-2 to M003.

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