2020
Physician trajectories of abandoning long‐course breast radiotherapy and their cost impact
Xu X, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Wang S, Pollack CE, Evans SB, Yu JB, Gross CP. Physician trajectories of abandoning long‐course breast radiotherapy and their cost impact. Health Services Research 2020, 56: 497-506. PMID: 33070305, PMCID: PMC8143683, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13572.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician peer groupsWhole breast irradiationCF-WBIRisk-adjusted ratesBreast radiotherapyPractice patternsLow useChronic Conditions Data WarehouseDistinct practice patternsPatients' clinical characteristicsSetting of radiotherapyAdjuvant breast radiotherapyYears of ageDistinct trajectoriesImportant cost implicationsHigher useAdjuvant radiotherapyClinical characteristicsEligible womenBreast cancerCost implicationsLatent class growth analysisService beneficiariesMedicare programRadiotherapy
2012
Patterns of Use and Short-Term Complications of Breast Brachytherapy in the National Medicare Population From 2008–2009
Presley CJ, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Roberts KB, Yu JB, Killelea B, Lesnikoski BA, Long JB, Gross CP. Patterns of Use and Short-Term Complications of Breast Brachytherapy in the National Medicare Population From 2008–2009. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 4302-4307. PMID: 23091103, PMCID: PMC3675700, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.43.5297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole breast irradiationHospital referral regionsBone complicationsClinical characteristicsSkin complicationsEarly-stage breast cancerNational treatment patternsPercent of patientsShort-term complicationsBreast-conserving surgeryNational Medicare populationComplication rateTreatment patternsAge 66Breast cancerReferral regionsMedicare populationPatterns of useComplicationsMedicare beneficiariesTreatment groupsClinical practiceBreast brachytherapyBrachytherapyInstrumental variable analysisShort-term complications and use of breast brachytherapy in the national Medicare population in 2008-2009.
Presley C, Soulos P, Herrin J, Roberts K, Yu J, Killelea B, Lesnikoski B, Long J, Gross C. Short-term complications and use of breast brachytherapy in the national Medicare population in 2008-2009. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 1030-1030. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.1030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole breast irradiationHospital referral regionsBone complicationsClinical characteristicsSkin complicationsReferral regionsEarly-stage breast cancerNational treatment patternsOne-year overallReceipt of chemotherapyNumber of comorbiditiesShort-term complicationsDeep tissuesNational Medicare populationAdjuvant radiationComplication rateTreatment patternsDiagnosis codesBreast cancerMedicare claimsMedicare populationComplicationsMedicare beneficiariesTreatment groupsClinical practice