Economic consequence of local control with radiotherapy: Cost analysis of internal mammary and medial supraclavicular lymph node radiotherapy in breast cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1122-1131

  Lievens, Yolande ^a   Kesteloot, Katrien ^a   Van Den Bogaert, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cost effectiveness analysis; Cost utility analysis; Local control; Postoperative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER; COST-EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS; COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS; LOCAL CONTROL; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 27144463453     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.03.064     Document Type: Article

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