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- Title
Breast Biopsy Patterns and Outcomes in Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare Data.
- Authors
Friese, Christopher P.; Neville, Bridget A.; Edge, Stephen B.; Hassett, Michael J.; Earle, Craig C.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the study which uses of needle biopsy and open surgical biopsy for women with breast cancer. Researchers analyze the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Medicare data for 45,542 patients with ductal carcinoma in situ and stage I-II breast cancer. The study found that needle biopsy as initial breast cancer procedure was common and increasing in numbers among black women with larger cancer.
- Subjects
NEEDLE biopsy; BREAST cancer; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC health surveillance; SURGERY; MEDICARE
- Publication
Cancer (0008543X), 2009, Vol 115, Issue 4, p716
- ISSN
0008-543X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cncr.24085