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
2014
Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Comparison of Toxicity
Yu JB, Cramer LD, Herrin J, Soulos PR, Potosky AL, Gross CP. Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy Versus Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Comparison of Toxicity. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2014, 32: 1195-1201. PMID: 24616315, PMCID: PMC3986382, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2013.53.8652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStereotactic body radiation therapyIntensity-modulated radiation therapyGU toxicityIMRT patientsRadiation therapyTreatment initiationProstate cancerTreatment costsSBRT patientsMedicare beneficiaries ageBody radiation therapyMean treatment costProstate cancer treatmentRandom-effects modelUrinary incontinenceBiologic doseRandomized trialsRetrospective studyPrimary treatmentLower treatment costsBeneficiaries agePatientsMedicare programRadiation therapy treatmentProspective correlation