Cost Implications of Unwarranted Imaging for Distant Metastasis in Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer in Ontario | Zendy

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Cost Implications of Unwarranted Imaging for Distant Metastasis in Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer in Ontario

Author(s) -

Kednapa Thavorn,

Ziwei Wang,

Dean Fergusson,

Sasha van Katwyk,

Angel Arnaout,

Mark Clemons

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

current oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.053

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1718-7729

pISSN - 1198-0052

DOI - 10.3747/co.23.2977

Subject(s) - medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , breast cancer , breast imaging , cancer , guideline , retrospective cohort study , cohort , mammography , radiology , pathology , paleontology , biology

Despite the publication of multiple evidence-based guidelines recommending against routine imaging for distant metastasis in patients with early-stage (i/ii) breast cancer, such imaging is frequently performed. The present retrospective cohort study was conducted to estimate the cost of unnecessary imaging tests in women with stage i and ii breast cancer diagnosed between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2012 in Ontario.

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