Journal article
How might financial pressures have impacted brachytherapy? A proposed narrative to explain the declines in cervical and prostate brachytherapy utilization
Brachytherapy, v 18(6), pp 780-786
01 Nov 2019
PMID: 31439465
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Abstract
Rates of brachytherapy administration in the United States have declined for both cervical and prostate cancers, and we argue that the available facts suggest financial considerations are a major contributor to this issue. In this narrative, we discuss financial pressures that have existed for cervical and prostate brachytherapy and how they may have influenced their declining usage, consider other proposed influences, and provide suggestions for future research to understand the scope of the issue. (C) 2019 American Brachytherapy Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- How might financial pressures have impacted brachytherapy? A proposed narrative to explain the declines in cervical and prostate brachytherapy utilization
- Creators
- Michael Schad - University of VirginiaRoman Kowalchuk - University of VirginiaSushil Beriwal - University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterTimothy N. Showalter - University of Virginia
- Publication Details
- Brachytherapy, v 18(6), pp 780-786
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology (and Nuclear Medicine)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000500369700006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85070763297
- Other Identifier
- 991021897254504721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Oncology
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging