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Cost-effectiveness of breast MR imaging and screen-film mammography for screening BRCA1 gene mutation carriers.
Radiology - 1 Mar 2010
Lee Janie M, McMahon Pamela M, Kong Chung Y, Kopans Daniel B, Ryan Paula D, Ozanne Elissa M, Halpern Elkan F, Gazelle G Scott
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of screening strategies in which MR imaging and screen-film mammography were used, alone and in combination, in women with BRCA1 mutations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Because this study did not involve primary data collection from individual patients, institutional review board approval was not needed. By using a simulation model, we compared...
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