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Influence of private practice setting and physician characteristics on the use of breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly women†‡

  1. Dawn L. Hershman MD, MS1,2,§,*,
  2. Donna Buono MS2,
  3. Russell B. McBride MPH2,
  4. Wei Yann Tsai PhD3,
  5. Alfred I. Neugut MD, PhD1,2

Article first published online: 10 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24448

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 115, Issue 17, pages 3848–3857, 1 September 2009

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Hershman, D. L., Buono, D., McBride, R. B., Tsai, W. Y. and Neugut, A. I. (2009), Influence of private practice setting and physician characteristics on the use of breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy for elderly women. Cancer, 115: 3848–3857. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24448

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Medicine and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York

  3. 3

    Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York

  1. §

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*Division of Medical Oncology, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, 161 Fort Washington Avenue, Room 1068, New York, NY 10032

  1. †

    This study used the linked Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database. We acknowledge the efforts of the Applied Research Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute; the Office of Information Services and the Office of Strategic Planning, Health Care Financing Administration; Information Management Services, Inc; and the SEER Program tumor registries in the creation of the SEER-Medicare database.

  2. ‡

    This article is US Government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 AUG 2009
  2. Article first published online: 10 JUN 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 28 JAN 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 14 JAN 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 28 OCT 2008

Funded by

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Advanced Clinical Research Award
  • American Cancer Society. Grant Numbers: RSGT-08-009-01-CPHPS, RSGT-01-02,404-CPHPS)
  • National Cancer Institute. Grant Number: CA09461

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