title: Response.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale Cancer Center (SS, SYW, PRS, JBL, KBR, JBY, SBE, ABC, CPG) and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (SYW) and Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (PRS, JBL, CPG) and Department of Therapeutic Radiology (KBR, JBY, SBE) and Department of Surgery (ABC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (KDF).
authors.forename: Sounok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.affiliation: Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale Cancer Center (SS, SYW, PRS, JBL, KBR, JBY, SBE, ABC, CPG) and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (SYW) and Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (PRS, JBL, CPG) and Department of Therapeutic Radiology (KBR, JBY, SBE) and Department of Surgery (ABC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (KDF).
authors.forename: Shi-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale Cancer Center (SS, SYW, PRS, JBL, KBR, JBY, SBE, ABC, CPG) and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (SYW) and Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (PRS, JBL, CPG) and Department of Therapeutic Radiology (KBR, JBY, SBE) and Department of Surgery (ABC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (KDF).
authors.forename: Pamela R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Soulos
authors.affiliation: Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale Cancer Center (SS, SYW, PRS, JBL, KBR, JBY, SBE, ABC, CPG) and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (SYW) and Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (PRS, JBL, CPG) and Department of Therapeutic Radiology (KBR, JBY, SBE) and Department of Surgery (ABC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (KDF).
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Frick
authors.affiliation: Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale Cancer Center (SS, SYW, PRS, JBL, KBR, JBY, SBE, ABC, CPG) and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (SYW) and Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (PRS, JBL, CPG) and Department of Therapeutic Radiology (KBR, JBY, SBE) and Department of Surgery (ABC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (KDF).
authors.forename: Jessica B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Long
authors.affiliation: Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale Cancer Center (SS, SYW, PRS, JBL, KBR, JBY, SBE, ABC, CPG) and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (SYW) and Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (PRS, JBL, CPG) and Department of Therapeutic Radiology (KBR, JBY, SBE) and Department of Surgery (ABC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (KDF).
authors.forename: Kenneth B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale Cancer Center (SS, SYW, PRS, JBL, KBR, JBY, SBE, ABC, CPG) and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (SYW) and Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (PRS, JBL, CPG) and Department of Therapeutic Radiology (KBR, JBY, SBE) and Department of Surgery (ABC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (KDF).
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale Cancer Center (SS, SYW, PRS, JBL, KBR, JBY, SBE, ABC, CPG) and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (SYW) and Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (PRS, JBL, CPG) and Department of Therapeutic Radiology (KBR, JBY, SBE) and Department of Surgery (ABC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (KDF).
authors.forename: Suzanne B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale Cancer Center (SS, SYW, PRS, JBL, KBR, JBY, SBE, ABC, CPG) and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (SYW) and Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (PRS, JBL, CPG) and Department of Therapeutic Radiology (KBR, JBY, SBE) and Department of Surgery (ABC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (KDF).
authors.forename: Anees B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Chagpar
authors.affiliation: Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research (COPPER) Center, Yale Cancer Center (SS, SYW, PRS, JBL, KBR, JBY, SBE, ABC, CPG) and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (SYW) and Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (PRS, JBL, CPG) and Department of Therapeutic Radiology (KBR, JBY, SBE) and Department of Surgery (ABC), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (KDF). cary.gross@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Cary P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Gross
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000191:economics*; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / Q000191:economics*
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