Physicians' Opinion on Intraoperative Radiotherapy as a Therapeutic De-Escalation Option in Older Women with Early Breast Cancer.
Agnès TalletDominique ReyClémence CasanovaDelphine LecourtoisMarie BergeaudMarc-Karim BendianeMancini JulienPublished in: Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) (2023)
Despite national policies to preserve cancer patients' quality of life and increase their participation in medical decision making, therapeutic de-escalation using IORT is not consensual among physicians. Further efforts are needed to promote patient-centered care.
Keyphrases
- quality improvement
- early breast cancer
- primary care
- decision making
- healthcare
- open label
- public health
- early stage
- palliative care
- physical activity
- squamous cell carcinoma
- radiation therapy
- locally advanced
- clinical trial
- randomized controlled trial
- radiation induced
- patients undergoing
- pain management
- health insurance
- affordable care act
- rectal cancer