Palliative radiation and fractionation in medicare patients with incurable non-small cell lung cancer

Purpose: Palliative radiation therapy (RT) can improve quality of life but also incurs time and financial costs. The aim of this study was to evaluate factors associated with use and intensity of palliative RT for incurable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods and materials: This was a retros...

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Auteurs principaux: Miranda B. Lam, MD, Ling Li, MSPH, Angel Cronin, MS, Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH, Aileen B. Chen, MD, MPP
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Collection:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Accès en ligne:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S245210941830068X