Adoption of hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation for early-stage breast cancer: A national cancer data base analysis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 993-1000

  Wang, Elyn H ^a   Mougalian, Sarah S ^a   Soulos, Pamela R ^a   Rutter, Charles E ^a   Evans, Suzanne B ^a   Haffty, Bruce G ^b   Gross, Cary P ^a,b   Yu, James B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; STAGES;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONVENTIONAL FRACTIONATIONS; EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER; ELIGIBILITY CRITERION; HYPOFRACTIONATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; WHOLE-BREAST IRRADIATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER GRADING; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920148403     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.06.038     Document Type: Article

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