Cost and Complications of Local Therapies for Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Conclusions: Mastectomy plus reconstruction results in substantially higher complications and cost than other guideline-concordant treatment options for early breast cancer. These findings are relevant to patients evaluating their local therapy options and to value-based population health management.

Source: JNCI - September 26, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Smith, B. D., Jiang, J., Shih, Y.-C., Giordano, S. H., Huo, J., Jagsi, R., Momoh, A. O., Caudle, A. S., Hunt, K. K., Shaitelman, S. F., Buchholz, T. A., Shirvani, S. M. Tags: Article Source Type: research