Trends in the quality of treatment for patients with intact cervical cancer in the United States, 1999 through 2011.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

High-quality treatment for intact cervical cancer requires external radiation therapy, brachytherapy, and chemotherapy, carefully sequenced and completed without delays. We sought to determine how frequently current treatment meets quality benchmarks and whether new technologies have influenced patterns of care.

Methods and materials

By searching diagnosis and procedure claims in MarketScan, an employment-based health care claims database, we identified 1508 patients with nonmetastatic, intact cervical cancer treated from 1999 to 2011, who were <65 years of age and received >10 fractions of radiation. Treatments received were identified using procedure codes and compared with 3 quality benchmarks: receipt of brachytherapy, receipt of chemotherapy, and radiation treat

SUBMITTER: Smith GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9807029 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature