Cost of new technologies in prostate cancer treatment: systematic review of costs and cost effectiveness of robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy, intensity …

FR Schroeck, BL Jacobs, SB Bhayani, PL Nguyen… - European urology, 2017 - Elsevier
Context Some of the high costs of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), intensity-
modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), and proton beam therapy may be offset by better outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Practical considerations for prostate hypofractionation in the developing world

M Yan, AG Gouveia, FL Cury, N Moideen… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
External beam radiotherapy is an effective curative treatment option for localized prostate
cancer, the most common cancer in men worldwide. However, conventionally fractionated …

Increasing time to treatment initiation for head and neck cancer: an analysis of the National Cancer Database

CT Murphy, TJ Galloway, EA Handorf, L Wang… - Cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to identify trends and predictors of the time to
treatment initiation (TTI) for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) …

Improved survival using intensity‐modulated radiation therapy in head and neck cancers: a SEER‐Medicare analysis

BM Beadle, KP Liao, LS Elting, TA Buchholz, KK Ang… - Cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Intensity‐modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is a technologically
advanced, and more expensive, method of delivering radiation therapy with a goal of …

Costs of oral complications of cancer therapies: estimates and a blueprint for future study

LS Elting, YC Chang - JNCI Monographs, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Oral complications of cancer treatment are common; however, their clinical and economic
importance is often underappreciated. We reviewed the literature on the economic …

Optimize and refine therapeutic index in radiation therapy: overview of a century

C Chargari, N Magne, JB Guy, C Rancoule… - Cancer treatment …, 2016 - Elsevier
In 1936, Holthusen theorized the probability of achieving tumor control and of developing
normal tissue complications after radiotherapy as a function of radiation dose. This concept …

A cost‐effectiveness analysis of human papillomavirus vaccination of boys for the prevention of oropharyngeal cancer

DM Graham, W Isaranuwatchai, S Habbous… - Cancer, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Many western countries have established female human papillomavirus
(HPV) vaccination programs for the prevention of cervical cancer. The quadrivalent HPV …

Modern radiotherapy technology: obstacles and opportunities to access in low-and middle-income countries

P Maitre, R Krishnatry, S Chopra… - JCO Global …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have a large burden of cancer with differential
population needs and outcomes compared to high-income countries. Access to …

Cost‐effectiveness analysis of intensity‐modulated radiation therapy with normal and hypofractionated schemes for the treatment of localised prostate cancer

AT Zemplényi, Z Kaló, G Kovács… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of our analysis was to compare the cost‐effectiveness of high‐dose intensity‐
modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and hypofractionated intensity‐modulated radiation …

National costs and resource requirements of external beam radiotherapy: a time-driven activity-based costing model from the ESTRO-HERO project

N Defourny, L Perrier, JM Borras, M Coffey… - Radiotherapy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Health Economics in Radiation Oncology (ESTRO-HERO) project
aims to provide a knowledge base for health economics in European radiotherapy. A cost …