Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 1506-1512, 1 August 2009
Baseline Utilization of Breast Radiotherapy Before Institution of the Medicare Practice Quality Reporting Initiative
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This study was presented at the 2008 ASCO/ASTRO/SSO Breast Cancer Symposium, Washington, DC, on September 6, 2008.
Dr. Benjamin Smith was supported by the American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Award and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This study used the linked SEER-Medicare database. The interpretation and reporting of these data are the sole responsibility of the authors. The authors acknowledge the efforts of the Applied Research Program, NCI; the Office of Research, Development and Information, CMS; Information Management Services (IMS); and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program tumor registries in the creation of the SEER-Medicare database.
Conflict of interest: none.
PII: S0360-3016(08)03592-X
doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.012
Published by Elsevier Inc.
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 1506-1512, 1 August 2009
