Variation in receipt of radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery: Assessing the impact of physicians and geographic regions

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 330-338

  Feinstein, Aaron ^a   Soulos, Pamela ^a,b   Long, Jessica ^a,b   Herrin, Jeph ^a,b,c   Roberts, Kenneth ^a,b   Yu, James ^a,b   Gross, Cary P ^a,b  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

breast conserving surgery; life expectancy; radiation therapy; SEER program; small area analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884211650     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31827631b0     Document Type: Article

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