Radiation therapy at the end of life: A population-based study examining palliative treatment intensity

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kress, Marie Adele Sorel ^a   Jensen, Roxanne E ^b   Tsai, Huei Ting ^b   Lobo, Tania ^b   Satinsky, Andrew ^a   Potosky, Arnold L ^b  

^a Huron River Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Palliative care; Radiation oncology; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy; SEER Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOGRAPHY; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938908650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13014-014-0305-4     Document Type: Article

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