Cost-efficacy of acceleration partial-breast irradiation compared with whole-breast irradiation

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-135

  Shah, Chirag ^a   Lanni, Thomas B ^b   Saini, Harkiran ^a   Nanavati, Anish ^c   Wilkinson, J Ben ^b   Badiyan, Shahed ^a   Vicini, Frank ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated partial breast irradiation; Breast cancer; Breast conservation therapy; Cost efficacy; Whole breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BREAST IRRADIATION;

EID: 84874659579     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2412-6     Document Type: Article

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