Adoption of hypofractionated radiation therapy for breast cancer after publication of randomized trials

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1001-1009

  Jagsi, Reshma ^a   Falchook, Aaron D ^b   Hendrix, Laura H ^b   Curry, Heather ^c   Chen, Ronald C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEALTH INSURANCE;

ADJUVANT TREATMENT; CONVENTIONAL FRACTIONATIONS; DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU; HYPOFRACTIONATED; HYPOFRACTIONATION; INTENSITY-MODULATED; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MEDICARE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PUBLICATION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; ECONOMICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEER PROGRAM; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84919961132     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.09.032     Document Type: Article

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