ASTRO Annual Meeting


In a study of patients who were enrolled in the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results–Medicare database, these utilization patterns led to a cost increase of 63% per patient. The study’s results were reported at the 2012 American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting.
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A study presented at the 2012 American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting found few differences in toxicity between the 2 techniques, but demonstrated that PBRT was associated with a 57% increase in median cost per patient.
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Boston, MA—In the United States right now, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) has largely replaced 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy as the technique of choice for most patients with organ-confined prostate cancer that is being treated with radiation as the primary therapy.
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Delivering higher doses of external-beam radiation over a shorter period (hypofractionated radiation) was as effective as conventional radiation in preventing treatment failure in men with intermediate- to high-risk prostate cancer.
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