Radiation Therapy for Medicare Patients

COPPER’s NIH-funded R01 grant, The Use and Outcomes of Radiation Therapy for Medicare Patients with Common Cancers, assesses the use of new radiation modalities for patients with lung, prostate, and breast cancer. This proposal will generate comparative effectiveness data, determining the rates of adverse events associated with use of new modalities in actual clinical practice. Additionally, the work will identify how healthcare system and local market conditions affect the diffusion of new technology, and how new technology affects the costs of care.