Thursday 19 April 2012

Cost-effectiveness of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy

Cost-effectiveness of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy versus routine surveillance in patients with unilateral breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2011; Vol. 29(22), p. 2993-3000.

Zendejas, B., et al.

http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/crdweb/ShowRecord.asp?ID=22011001483


The objective was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy versus routine surveillance in patients with unilateral breast cancer. The authors concluded that contralateral mastectomy was cost-effective, compared with surveillance, for patients younger than 70 years.