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March 2014, Vol 5, No 2
March 2014, Vol 5, No 2
Virtual Patients Help Identify Opportunities for Cost-Savings
By
Charles Bankhead
Pathways
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Policies & Guidelines
March 2014, Vol 5, No 2
San Diego, CA—The use of virtual patient vignettes to improve adherence to a breast cancer clinical pathway identified correctable variances from a breast cancer clinical pathway with the potential to reduce the cost of care by several million dollars, according to the results of a pilot study reported at the 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology Quality Care Symposium.
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Large Study Supports Early Oophorectomy for BRCA Mutation Carriers
By
Alice Goodman
Breast Cancer
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Personalized Medicine
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Solid Tumors
March 2014, Vol 5, No 2
Women who carry the
BRCA1
or
BRCA2
mutation had an 80% reduction in risk for ovarian, fallopian tube, or breast cancer if they underwent preventive oophorectomy, according to a large prospective study, and a 77% reduction in all-cause mortality (Finch AP, et al.
J Clin Oncol
. 2014 February 24 [Epub ahead of print]).
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