For-profit hospital ownership status and use of brachytherapy after breast-conserving surgery
Sen S, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Roberts KB, Yu JB, Lesnikoski BA, Ross JS, Krumholz HM, Gross CP. For-profit hospital ownership status and use of brachytherapy after breast-conserving surgery. Surgery 2013, 155: 776-788. PMID: 24787104, PMCID: PMC4008843, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital ownership statusBreast-conserving operationsBreast-conserving surgeryUse of brachytherapyRadiation therapyOperative careBreast cancerMedicare beneficiariesOverall useReceipt of brachytherapyAdjuvant radiation therapyInvasive breast cancerFemale Medicare beneficiariesGreater overall useYears of ageShort life expectancyRetrospective studyRT modalityProfit hospitalsExpensive modalityOlder womenBrachytherapy useBreast brachytherapyHospitalBrachytherapyTrends and clinical implications of preoperative breast MRI in Medicare beneficiaries with breast cancer
Killelea BK, Long JB, Chagpar AB, Ma X, Soulos PR, Ross JS, Gross CP. Trends and clinical implications of preoperative breast MRI in Medicare beneficiaries with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2013, 141: 155-163. PMID: 23942872, PMCID: PMC3893026, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2656-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative breast magnetic resonance imagingBreast magnetic resonance imagingBreast-conserving surgeryMagnetic resonance imagingBreast cancerSurgical approachBilateral cancerMRI useOlder womenAssociation of MRIEnd Results-Medicare databasePreoperative MRI useContralateral prophylactic mastectomyType of surgeryCohort of womenBilateral mastectomyUnilateral mastectomyProphylactic mastectomyMastectomyMedicare beneficiariesSurgeryResonance imagingClinical implicationsCancerInvasive surgery