The Effect of Surgeon Referral and a Radiation Oncologist Productivity-Based Metric on Radiation Therapy Receipt Among Elderly Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer: Analysis From a Tertiary Cancer Network

The Effect of Surgeon Referral and a Radiation Oncologist Productivity-Based Metric on Radiation Therapy Receipt Among Elderly Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer: Analysis From a Tertiary Cancer Network

Purpose: : Guidelines for early-stage breast cancer allow for radiation therapy (RT) omission after breast conserving surgery among older women, though high utilization of RT persists. This study explored surgeon referral and the effect of a productivity-based bonus metric for radiation oncologists...

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Main Authors: Elaine E. Cha, MD, Mira A. Patel, MD, Y. Helen Zhang, MD, Stephanie Lobaugh, MS, Zhigang Zhang, PhD, Beryl McCormick, MD, Lior Z. Braunstein, MD, Oren Cahlon, MD, Simon N. Powell, MD, PhD, Monica Morrow, MD, Atif Khan, MD, Erin F. Gillespie, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109422002196

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