Cost-effectiveness of stereotactic large-core needle biopsy for nonpalpable breast lesions compared to open-breast biopsy

This paper demonstrates that the introduction of large-core needle biopsy (LCNB) replacing needle-localised breast biopsy (NLBB) for nonpalpable (screen-detected) breast lesions could result in substantial cost savings at the expense of a possible slight increase in breast cancer mortality. The cost...

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Autores principales: Groenewoud, J H, Pijnappel, R M, van den Akker-van Marle, M E, Birnie, E, Buijs-van der Woude, T, Mali, W P Th M, de Koning, H J, Buskens, E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2004
Materias:
Clinical
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2409541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14735181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6601520

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