A Medicare cost analysis of MRI- versus CT-based high-dose-rate brachytherapy of the cervix: Can MRI-based planning be less costly?
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| Abstract |    :  
                  While some institutions deliver multiple fractions per implant for MRI-based planning, it is common for only one fraction to be delivered per implant with CT-based cervical brachytherapy. The purpose of this study was to compare physician costs, hospital costs, and overall costs for cervical cancer patients treated with either CT-based or MRI-based high-dose-rate (HDR) cervical brachytherapy to determine if MRI-based brachytherapy as described can be financially feasible.  | 
        
| Year of Publication |    :  
                  2018 
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| Journal |    :  
                  Brachytherapy 
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| Date Published |    :  
                  2018 
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| ISSN Number |    :  
                  1538-4721 
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| URL |    :  
                  http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1538-4721(17)30541-X 
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| DOI |    :  
                  10.1016/j.brachy.2017.11.020 
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| Short Title |    :  
                  Brachytherapy 
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