Choosing wisely? Patterns and correlates of the use of hypofractionated whole-breast radiation therapy in the state of Michigan

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1010-1016

  Jagsi, Reshma ^a   Griffith, Kent A ^a   Heimburger, David ^b   Walker, Eleanor M ^c   Grills, Inga S ^d   Boike, Thomas ^e   Feng, Mary ^a   Moran, Jean M ^a   Hayman, James ^a   Pierce, Lori J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MUNSON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Mc Laren Northern Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BREAST RADIATION THERAPY; HYPOFRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPIES; HYPOFRACTIONATION; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RANDOMIZED TRIAL;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; UNITED STATES; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER STAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84920024422     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.09.027     Document Type: Article

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