The ethical implications of "more than one way to skin a cat": Increasing use of radiation therapy to treat nonmelanoma skin cancers by dermatologists

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 945-947

  Grant Kels, Jane M ^a   Vanbeek, Marta J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations used; CPT; Current Procedural Terminology; eBT; electronic surface brachytherapy; FDA; Food and Drug Administration; NMSC; nonmelanoma skin cancer; SRT; superficial radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; MOHS SURGERY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STANDARD OF CARE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 84898677731     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.01.849     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. M. Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 1889 Harpers and Brothers Publishers New York p. 65
2. National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Practice guidelines in oncology: basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers. Version 2.2012. Available from: URL: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician-gls/PDF/nmsc.pdf. Accessed January 29, 2014.
3. A.B. Cognetta, B.M. Howard, H.P. Heaton, E.R. Stoddard, H.G. Hong, and W.H. Green Superficial x-ray in the treatment of basal and squamous cell carcinomas: a viable option in select patients J Am Acad Dermatol 67 2012 1235 1241
4. A. Bhatnagar, and A. Loper The initial experience of electronic brachytherapy for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer Radiat Oncol 5 2010 87
5. A. Bhatnagar Nonmelanoma skin cancer treated with electronic brachytherapy: results at 1 year Brachytherapy 12 2013 134 140
6. J.M. Mitchell Urologists' use of intensity-modulated radiation therapy for prostate cancer N Engl J Med 369 2013 1629 1637
7. RBRVS Data Manager 2013 on CD-ROM: 1 User [CD-ROM]. Chicago (IL): American Medical Association.
8. Stark Act 2005 CFR Title 42, Volume 2, § 411.350. Available from: URL: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx-05/42cfr411-05.html. Accessed January 29, 2014.
9. Anti-kickback statute safe harbors, 42 CFR sec 1001.952. URL: http://law.justia.com/cfr/title42/42-3.0.2.8.2.3.224.10.html. Accessed January 29, 2014.
10. US Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-13-445 Medicare self-referral of anatomic pathology services. Available from: URL: http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/655442.pdf. Accessed January 29, 2014.
11. A.R. Jonsen Do no harm T. Beauchamp, J. Childress, Principles of biomedical ethics 1989 Oxford University Press Oxford