The Cost of Accuracy: A Budget Impact Analysis of Whole-Mount Histopathology Processing for Patients with Breast Cancer Undergoing Breast Conservation.

Conclusion The initiation of routine WM processing for breast lumpectomy specimens is costly. However, favourable tradeoffs in diagnostic accuracy and histopathologic efficiency underpin the need to deliberately consider the adoption of WM technique.
Source: Journal of Cancer Policy - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research