Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5698393 | Clinical Oncology | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
In 2003 this method produced an estimate that 52.4% of patients with a registered cancer-type had an indication for radiotherapy. The model was updated in 2012 because of changes in cancer incidence, stage distributions and indications for radiotherapy. The new estimate of the optimal radiotherapy utilisation rate was 48.3%. The decrease was due to changes in the relative frequency of cancer types and some changes in indications for radiotherapy. Actual rates of radiotherapy utilisation in most populations still fall well below this benchmark.
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Authors
G.P. Delaney, M.B. Barton,