Cost‐effective management of breast cancer

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The 5‐year survival of cancer of the breast in socioeconomically disadvantaged women is much too low because treatment is given for late stage disease. A screening mammography program at primary‐care facilities for medically underserved women has markedly increased in situ and local stage of disease and decreased distant disease. This has produced an estimated 50% decrease in mortality and a significant decrease in treatment costs. Unacceptable delay from positive mammogram to biopsy and pathologic diagnosis remained, so a one‐stop breast center was established to perform breast physical examination, screening mammography, biopsy, and pathologic interpretation at one site on one visit for optimal cost‐effectiveness. Copyright © 1992 American Cancer Society

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Zavertnik, J. J., McCoy, C. B., Robinson, D. S., & Love, N. (1992). Cost‐effective management of breast cancer. Cancer, 69(7 S), 1979–1984. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19920401)69:7+<1979::AID-CNCR2820691719>3.0.CO;2-C

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