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Objective
To examine variation in trajectories of abandoning conventionally fractionated whole‐breast irradiation (CF‐WBI) for adjuvant breast radiotherapy among physician peer groups and the associated cost implications.
Data Sources
Medicare claims data were obtained from the Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse for fee‐for‐service beneficiaries with breast cancer in 2011‐2014.
Study Design
We...
BACKGROUND
The current study was performed to determine whether access to facilities performing accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) is associated with differences in the use of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT).
METHODS
Using the National Cancer Data Base, the authors performed a retrospective study of women aged ≥50 years who were diagnosed with early‐stage breast cancer between 2004 and 2013...
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