Effect of distance to radiation treatment facility on use of radiation therapy after mastectomy in elderly women

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-63

  Punglia, Rinaa S ^a   Weeks, Jane C ^a   Neville, Bridget A ^a   Earle, Craig C ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Breast cancer; Elderly; Mastectomy; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGERY; TUMORS;

BARRIERS TO CARE; BREAST CANCER; ELDERLY; MASTECTOMY; POTENTIAL BARRIER;

RADIOTHERAPY;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 33746784724     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.03.059     Document Type: Article

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