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Commentary: Practice Patterns and Potential Impact on Quality Measures for a Practicing Physician

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Practicing physicians make multiple difficult treatment decisions daily. Several influences may affect choice of therapy, including consensus recommendations of the practice, ASCO or National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, medical insurance coverage, geographic location of the practice, data from recently published or presented clinical trials, and familiarity with chemotherapeutic or biologic agent. Given the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of seven therapeutic agents in metastatic colorectal cancer, various treatment combinations may be considered. Practice patterns vary significantly within individual practices and may be more pronounced when comparing community versus academic settings.

Zafar et al¹ have approached capturing community practice . . . [Click for More]

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