2012
Effect of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer death: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10 801 women in 17 randomised trials Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG) (Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU), Oxford, UK) Lancet 378:1707-1716, 2011§
Housri N, Haffty B. Effect of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer death: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10 801 women in 17 randomised trials Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG) (Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU), Oxford, UK) Lancet 378:1707-1716, 2011§. Breast Diseases A Year Book Quarterly 2012, 23: 266-267. DOI: 10.1016/j.breastdis.2012.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Are Many Community Hospitals Undertreating Breast Cancer?
Gutierrez JC, Hurley JD, Housri N, Perez EA, Byrne MM, Koniaris LG. Are Many Community Hospitals Undertreating Breast Cancer? Annals Of Surgery 2008, 248: 154-162. PMID: 18650623, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e31816c4030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBiopsy, NeedleBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastChemotherapy, AdjuvantCombined Modality TherapyFemaleFloridaHealth Care SurveysHospitals, CommunityHospitals, UniversityHumansImmunohistochemistryMastectomyMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingOutcome Assessment, Health CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'Radiotherapy, AdjuvantRegistriesRisk AssessmentSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeConceptsLong-term outcomesTeaching hospitalCommunity hospitalBreast cancerPoor long-term outcomesFlorida Cancer Data SystemHigh-volume community hospitalsLow-volume hospitalsOverall survival rateBreast-conserving surgeryHigh-volume centersSignificant independent predictorsAdjuvant therapyAdvanced diseaseMultimodality therapySurvival benefitIndependent predictorsTreatment patternsDuctal carcinomaPatient outcomesPractice patternsBetter survivalStage IIIOperative casesTreatment approaches