Intensive Surveillance for Women With Breast Cancer: A Multicenter Retrospective Study in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study evaluated the effectiveness of different surveillance intensities on morbidity and mortality in women with breast cancer.

Methods

This retrospective study included patients who had undergone breast cancer surgery in the Republic of Korea between 2009 and 2011. The patients were divided into two groups based on the intensity of their postsurgical surveillance: intensive surveillance group (ISG) and less-intensive surveillance group. Surveillance intensity was measured based on the frequency and type of follow-up diagnostic tests conducted, including mammography, ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, bone scans, and positron emission tomography scans.

Results

We included 1,356 patients with a median follow-up period of 121.

SUBMITTER: Park S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11377943 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature