Underuse of Radiation Therapy After Breast Conservation Surgery in Puerto Rico: A Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry–Health Insurance Linkage Database Study

Underuse of Radiation Therapy After Breast Conservation Surgery in Puerto Rico: A Puerto Rico Central Cancer Registry–Health Insurance Linkage Database Study

Purpose: To identify rates of postoperative radiation therapy (RT) after breast conservation surgery (BCS) in women with stage I or II invasive breast cancer treated in Puerto Rico and to examine the sociodemographic and health services characteristics associated with variations in receipt of RT. Me...

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Main Authors: William W. Chance, Karen J. Ortiz-Ortiz, Kai-Ping Liao, Diego E. Zavala Zegarra, Michael C. Stauder, Sharon H. Giordano, Guillermo Tortolero-Luna, B. Ashleigh Guadagnolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society of Clinical Oncology 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Global Oncology
Online Access:http://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JGO.2016.008664

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