Cost-effectiveness analysis of intraoperative radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2873-2880

  Alvarado, Michael D ^a   Mohan, Aron J ^b   Esserman, Laura J ^a   Park, Catherine C ^c   Harrison, Brittany L ^a   Howe, Rebecca J ^a,d   Thorsen, Cristina ^a   Ozanne, Elissa M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RECURRENCE RISK;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84881474320     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-2997-3     Document Type: Article

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