A sudden and concerning increase in the use of electronic brachytherapy for skin cancer

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 699-700

  Linos, Eleni ^a   VanBeek, Marta ^b   Resneck, Jack S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILLING AND CLAIMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE APPROVAL; ELECTRONIC BRACHYTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MARKETING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937611398     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.0385     Document Type: Short Survey

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