TY  - JOUR
T1  - Proton beam therapy and treatment for localized prostate cancer: If you build it, they will come
AU  - Aaronson DS, Odisho AY, Hills N, et al
Y1  - 2012/02/13
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.711
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 280
EP  - 283
VL  - 172
IS  - 3
N2  - 
The number of treatment options for localized prostate cancer continues to expand, amidst growing concern regarding overdiagnosis and overtreatment of low-risk disease.1- 3 Treatment patterns, however, may be driven by availability of novel technologies rather than by clinical indications. We aimed to examine regional treatment choices of men diagnosed as having localized prostate cancer living inside or outside of a defined hospital referral region containing a proton beam cyclotron in California.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.711
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.711
ER  -