Total mastectomy or breast conservation therapy? how radiation oncologist accessibility determines treatment choice and quality: A SEER data-base analysis

Breast Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 473-480

  Churilla, Thomas M ^a   Donnelly, Patrick E ^b   Leatherman, Erin R ^c   Adonizio, Christian S ^a   Peters, Christopher A ^a,d  

^a Geisinger Health Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northeast Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

breast conservation surgery; breast conservation therapy; health services research; radiation oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940724834     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12449     Document Type: Article

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