Uptake and Costs of Hypofractionated vs Conventional Whole Breast Irradiation After Breast Conserving Surgery in the United States, 2008–2013 | Zendy

Justin E. Bekelman | Zendy; Gosia Sylwestrzak | Zendy; John Barron | Zendy; Jinan Liu | Zendy; Andrew J. Epstein | Zendy; Gary M. Freedman | Zendy; Jennifer L. Malin | Zendy; Ezekiel Emanuel | Zendy

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Uptake and Costs of Hypofractionated vs Conventional Whole Breast Irradiation After Breast Conserving Surgery in the United States, 2008–2013

Author(s) -

Justin E. Bekelman,

Gosia Sylwestrzak,

John Barron,

Jinan Liu,

Andrew J. Epstein,

Gary M. Freedman,

Jennifer L. Malin,

Ezekiel Emanuel

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2014.16616

Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , lumpectomy , cohort , retrospective cohort study , radiation therapy , axillary lymph nodes , stage (stratigraphy) , cohort study , oncology , cancer , mastectomy , paleontology , biology

Based on randomized evidence, expert guidelines in 2011 endorsed shorter, hypofractionated whole breast irradiation (WBI) for selected patients with early-stage breast cancer and permitted hypofractionated WBI for other patients.

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