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| Benjamin D SmithSummaryAffiliation: Wilford Hall Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Accelerated partial breast irradiation consensus statement from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)Benjamin D Smith
Radiation Oncology Flight, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, TX, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 74:987-1001. 2009..To present guidance for patients and physicians regarding the use of accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI), based on current published evidence complemented by expert opinion...
Future of cancer incidence in the United States: burdens upon an aging, changing nationBenjamin D Smith
Radiation Oncology Flight, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, 2200 Bergquist Dr, Ste 1, TX 78236, USA
J Clin Oncol 27:2758-65. 2009..We sought to estimate the number of cancer patients diagnosed in the United States through 2030 by age and race...
Baseline utilization of breast radiotherapy before institution of the Medicare practice quality reporting initiativeBenjamin D Smith
Radiation Oncology Flight, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 74:1506-12. 2009..As a first step in evaluating the potential impact of this measure, we assessed baseline use of radiotherapy among women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer before implementation of PQRI...
Controversies over the role of radiation therapy for ductal carcinoma in situBenjamin D Smith
Department of Radiation Oncology, 2200 Bergquist Dr, Ste 1, Lackland AFB, TX 78236, USA
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 8:433-41. 2008..At present, results of these trials are conflicting, and, therefore, radiation therapy is generally recommended following conservative surgery, even for patients with favorable pathologic characteristics...
Use of postmastectomy radiotherapy in older womenBenjamin D Smith
Radiation Oncology Flight, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, TX, USA
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 71:98-106. 2008..Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare cohort, we sought to characterize the adoption of PMRT from 1992 to 2002 and identify risk factors for PMRT omission among high-risk older patients...
