Radiation therapy for nonmelanoma skin cancer, a cost comparison: 2016 coding changes to radiation therapy

To the Editor: We wish to provide a clarification regarding the cost of electronic brachytherapy (EBT) in the treatment of skin cancer. Though published in September 2016, the original manuscript and all calculations were completed with the correct available data in June 2015.1 This was shortly after, and in response to, the publication by Kauvar et  al2 in May 2015 who reported the cost of radiation therapy at $2591 to $3460 without differentiating between hospital-based radiation oncologist–delivered radiation therapy (RT) and dermatologic office–based superficial radiation therapy (SRT).
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: JAAD Online Source Type: research