Use of hypofractionated post-mastectomy radiotherapy reduces health costs by over $2000 per patient: An Australian perspective

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 146-153

  Mortimer, Joshua W ^a   McLachlan, Craig S ^a   Hansen, Carmen J ^b   Assareh, Hassan ^a,c   Last, Andrew ^b   McKay, Michael J ^b   Shakespeare, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b North Coast Cancer Institute   (Australia)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; dose fractionation; health care costs; intensity modulated; mastectomy; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPOFRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATECTOMY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST SAVINGS; DOSE HYPOFRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84956714437     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.12405     Document Type: Article

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