Cost-Effectiveness of MR-Mammography in Breast Cancer Screening of Women With Extremely Dense Breasts After Two Rounds of Screening

Cost-Effectiveness of MR-Mammography in Breast Cancer Screening of Women With Extremely Dense Breasts After Two Rounds of Screening

ObjectivesTo evaluate the cost-effectiveness of MR-mammography (MRM) vs. x-ray based mammography (XM) in two-yearly screening women of intermediate risk for breast cancer in the light of recent literature.MethodsDecision analysis and Markov modelling were used to compare cumulative costs (in US-$) a...

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Main Authors: Fabian Tollens, Pascal A. T. Baltzer, Matthias Dietzel, Moritz L. Schnitzer, Wolfgang G. Kunz, Johann Rink, Johannes Rübenthaler, Matthias F. Froelich, Clemens G. Kaiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
breast MRI
MR-mammography
breast cancer
intermediate-risk screening
cost-effectiveness analyses
cost-effectiveness threshold
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.724543/full

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