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Cost-effectiveness of screening with contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging vs X-ray mammography of women at a high familial risk of breast cancer.
British journal of cancer - 9 Oct 2006
Griebsch I, Brown J, Boggis C, Dixon A, Dixon M, Easton D, Eeles R, Evans D G, Gilbert F J, Hawnaur J, Kessar P, Lakhani S R, Moss S M, Nerurkar A, Padhani A R, Pointon L J, Potterton J, Thompson D, Turnbull L W, Walker L G, Warren R, Leach M O
Abstract excerpt
Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE MRI) is the most sensitive tool for screening women who are at high familial risk of breast cancer. Our aim in this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of X-ray mammography (XRM), CE MRI or both strategies combined. In total, 649 women were enrolled in the MARIBS study and screened with both CE MRI and mammography resulting in 1881 screens and 1-7 individual...
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