Cost and Complications of Local Therapies for Early-Stage Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guideline-concordant local therapy options for early breast cancer include lumpectomy plus whole breast irradiation (Lump+WBI), lumpectomy plus brachytherapy, mastectomy alone, mastectomy plus reconstruction, and, in older women, lumpectomy alone. We performed a comparative examination of each treatment's complications and cost to assess their relative values.

Methods

Using the MarketScan database of younger women with private insurance and the SEER-Medicare database of older women with public insurance, we identified 105 211 women with early breast cancer diagnosed between 2000 and 2011. We used diagnosis and procedural codes to identify treatment complications within 24 months of diagnosis and compared complications by treatment using two-sided logistic regressi

SUBMITTER: Smith BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6075189 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature