Proton Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer in the Medicare Population: Patterns of Care and Comparison of Early Toxicity With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
Yu J, Soulos P, Herrin J, Cramer L, Potosky A, Roberts K, Gross C. Proton Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer in the Medicare Population: Patterns of Care and Comparison of Early Toxicity With Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2012, 84: s13. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProton radiotherapy for prostate cancer in the Medicare population: Patterns of care and comparison of early toxicity with IMRT.
Yu J, Soulos P, Cramer L, Roberts K, Herrin J, Potosky A, Gross C. Proton radiotherapy for prostate cancer in the Medicare population: Patterns of care and comparison of early toxicity with IMRT. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 4651-4651. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.4651.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProstate cancer patientsSix monthsShort-term toxicityOne-yearCancer patientsPRT patientsProstate cancerProton radiotherapyLogistic regressionTreatment-related complicationsOne-year outcomesCumulative complication rateMultivariable logistic regressionPatient-reported outcomesPatterns of careConditional logistic regressionHigher socioeconomic statusGU complicationsGU toxicityComplication rateEarly toxicityDiagnosis codesLong-term effectsRadiation therapyMedicare population