Complete blood counts, liver function tests, and chest x-rays as routine screening in early-stage breast cancer: value added or just cost?

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-103

  Louie, Raphael J ^a   Tonneson, Jennifer E ^a   Gowarty, Minda ^b   Goodney, Philip P ^a   Barth, Richard J ^a   Rosenkranz, Kari M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete blood count; Cost analysis; Early breast cancer; Liver function test; Occult metastatic disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY CANCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MASS CHEST X-RAY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84945436868     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-015-3593-y     Document Type: Article

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