Are Patients Traveling for Intraoperative Radiation Therapy?
Joint Authors
Shah, Chirag
Tendulkar, Rahul
Larson, Kelsey E.
Valente, Stephanie A.
Cherian, Sheen
Yanda, Courtney
Tu, Chao
Echle, Jessica
Grobmyer, Stephen
Source
International Journal of Breast Cancer
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-10-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
One benefit of intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is that it usually requires a single treatment, thus potentially eliminating distance as a barrier to receipt of whole breast irradiation.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the distance traveled by IORT patients at our institution.
Methods.
Our institutional prospective registry was used to identify IORT patients from 10/2011 to 2/2017.
Patient’s home zip code was compared to institution zip code to determine travel distance.
Characteristics of local (<50 miles), regional (50–100 miles), and faraway (>100 miles) patients were compared.
Results.
150 were patients included with a median travel distance of 27 miles and mean travel distance of 121 miles.
Most were local (68.7%), with the second largest group living faraway (20.0%).
Subset analysis of local patients demonstrated 20.4% traveled <10 miles, 34.0% traveled 10–20 miles, and 45.6% traveled 20–50 miles.
Six patients traveled >1000 miles.
The local, regional, and faraway patients did not differ with respect to age, race, tumor characteristics, or whole breast irradiation.
Conclusions.
Breast cancer patients are traveling for IORT, with 63% traveling >20 miles for care.
IORT is an excellent strategy to promote breast conservation in selected patients, particularly those who live remote from a radiation facility.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Larson, Kelsey E.& Valente, Stephanie A.& Shah, Chirag& Tendulkar, Rahul& Cherian, Sheen& Yanda, Courtney…[et al.]. 2017. Are Patients Traveling for Intraoperative Radiation Therapy?. International Journal of Breast Cancer،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Larson, Kelsey E.…[et al.]. Are Patients Traveling for Intraoperative Radiation Therapy?. International Journal of Breast Cancer No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Larson, Kelsey E.& Valente, Stephanie A.& Shah, Chirag& Tendulkar, Rahul& Cherian, Sheen& Yanda, Courtney…[et al.]. Are Patients Traveling for Intraoperative Radiation Therapy?. International Journal of Breast Cancer. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1159579