Contemporary prostate cancer radiation therapy in the United States: Patterns of care and compliance with quality measures.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Quality measures represent the standards of appropriate treatment agreed upon by experts in the field and often supported by data. The extent to which providers in the community adhere to quality measures in radiation therapy (RT) is unknown.

Methods and materials

The Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Surgery and Radiation study enrolled men with clinically localized prostate cancer in 2011 and 2012. Patients completed surveys and medical records were reviewed. Patients were risk-stratified according to D'Amico classification criteria. Patterns of care and compliance with 8 quality measures as endorsed by national consortia as of 2011 were assessed.

Results

Overall, 926 men underwent definitive RT (69% external beam radiation therapy [EBRT]), 17% brachythe

SUBMITTER: Lee DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7492101 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep - Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature