Is circulating tumor cell count-driven cost-effective for first-line therapy choice in HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer in the United States?

Background: Circulating tumor cell (CTC) counting may be a useful non-invasive biomarker that helps patients choose first-line treatment options. Nevertheless, the cost of CTC inspection may impose an economic burden on patients, necessitating the simultaneous consideration of both its clinical effe...

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Published in:	Breast
Main Authors:	Huiting Lin, Wenhua Wu, Xiaoya Lou, Yiming Wang, Hong Sun, Jiaqin Cai, Suyan Liu, Xiaoxia Wei
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-04-01
Subjects:	Circulating tumor cell Cost-effectiveness analysis Breast cancer Markov model
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977624000110