Cost of palliative external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) use for bone metastases secondary to prostate cancer.

Background: Evaluations of the costs of palliative external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for treatment of bone metastases are limited.

Objective: To summarize EBRT lifetime care patterns in deceased men with metastatic prostate cancer treated in a cancer hospital in the United States.

Methods: A retrospective review of electronic health records identified deceased adult prostate cancer (ICD-9 185.

Characterization of clinical course and usual care patterns in female metastatic breast cancer patients treated with zoledronic acid.

Purpose: To describe usual care received by women with bony metastatic breast cancer (ICD-9: 174.xx and 198.5) treated in a United States specialty cancer hospital, an Electronic Medical Record (EMR)-based retrospective review identified 111 deceased female breast cancer patients ≥18 years of age treated with zoledronic acid (ZOL).