Travel costs and ecologic imprint associated with different fractionation schedules in prostate cancer radiotherapy
Wurschi, G.W.; Graf, M.; Weimann, S.; Mäurer, M.; Straube, C.; Medenwald, D.; Domschikowski, J.; Münter, M.; Pietschmann, K. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2025 · Heft S 03 · S. S291 bis S298
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Improving the sustainability and cost-effectiveness of healthcare systems has become increasingly relevant in times of climate change, energy transition, an aging population and skyrocketing social costs. The selection of an adequate fractionation schedule is of fundamental importance in the field of Radiation Oncology. We evaluated three internationally established fractionation schedules for definitive prostate cancer radiation therapy (RT) with respect to their ecological and health-economic impacts. We analyzed the data of 109 patients with prostate cancer, who underwent outpatient radiation therapy at Jena…
