Cost implications of the SSO-ASTRO consensus guideline on margins for breast-conserving surgery with whole breast irradiation in stage i and II invasive breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1512-1514

  Greenup, Rachel A ^a   Peppercorn, Jeffrey ^a   Worni, Mathias ^a   Hwang, E Shelley ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84898866811     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-3605-x     Document Type: Editorial

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