Referral Patterns and Treatment Delays in Medulloblastoma: A Large Academic Proton Center Experience

Referral Patterns and Treatment Delays in Medulloblastoma: A Large Academic Proton Center Experience

Purpose: Patient travel time can cause treatment delays when providers and families decide to seek proton therapy. We examined whether travel distance or referral pattern (domestic versus international) affects time to radiation therapy and subsequent disease outcomes in patients with medulloblastom...

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Main Authors: Sean M. Liu, BA, Eric D. Brooks, MD, M. Laura Rubin, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center Radiation Oncology Fellows Consortium, David R. Grosshans, MD, PhD, Steven J. Frank, MD, Mary Frances McAleer, MD, Susan L. McGovern, MD, PhD, Arnold C. Paulino, MD, Kristina D. Woodhouse, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Particle Therapy Co-operative Group 2020-12-01
Series:International Journal of Particle Therapy
Subjects:
medulloblastoma
proton
travel
distance
delay
Online Access:https://theijpt.org/doi/pdf/10.14338/IJPT-20-00038.1

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