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Initial Trends in the Use of the 21-Gene Recurrence Score Assay for Patients With Breast Cancer in the Medicare Population, 2005-2009.
JAMA oncology - 1 May 2015
Dinan Michaela A, Mi Xiaojuan, Reed Shelby D, Hirsch Bradford R, Lyman Gary H, Curtis Lesley H
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IMPORTANCE: In 2006, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved coverage for the use of the 21-gene recurrence score (RS) assay in women with early-stage, estrogen receptor-positive, node-negative breast cancers to help guide recommendations for adjuvant chemotherapy. Use of the assay in community settings has not been previously examined in a nationally representative sample of patients. OBJECTIVE: To...
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