Changes in Population-Level and Institutional-Level Prescribing Habits of Radioiodine Therapy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Jacobs D, Breen CT, Pucar D, Holt E, Judson BL, Mehra S. Changes in Population-Level and Institutional-Level Prescribing Habits of Radioiodine Therapy for Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Thyroid 2020, 31: 272-279. PMID: 32811347, DOI: 10.1089/thy.2020.0237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPapillary thyroid cancerNational Cancer DatabaseThyroid cancerRadioactive iodine therapyNumber of patientsHospital-specific effectsIodine therapyAdvanced diseaseTotal thyroidectomyRadioiodine therapyPrescribing habitsRAI useCancer DatabaseMixed regression modelsPatientsJoinpoint analysisHospitalIndividual hospitalsCancerHospital selectionNational trendsThyroidectomyTherapySignificant declineRegression models