Patterns of Utilization of Imaging Studies and Serum Tumor Markers Among Patients With De Novo Metastatic Breast Cancer.
Di Meglio A, Lin NU, Freedman RA, Barry WT, Winer EP, Vaz-Luis I. Patterns of Utilization of Imaging Studies and Serum Tumor Markers Among Patients With De Novo Metastatic Breast Cancer. Journal Of The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2017, 15: 316-324. PMID: 28275032, DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2017.0031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic breast cancerDe novo metastatic breast cancerNovo metastatic breast cancerTM testingPET/PET-CTTumor markersBreast cancerPET-CTDisease sitesDana-Farber Cancer InstituteSerum tumor markersTiming of imagingPET-CT scanFrequency of imagingCourse of treatmentPatterns of utilizationAsymptomatic patientsNeurologic symptomsRetrospective cohortClinicopathologic factorsTreatment initiationRadiographic studiesCancer InstitutePatientsTumor subtypes