Cost Effectiveness of Risk-Reducing Mastectomy versus Surveillance in BRCA Mutation Carriers with a History of Ovarian Cancer
Gamble C, Havrilesky L, Myers E, Chino J, Hollenbeck S, Plichta J, Kelly Marcom P, Shelley Hwang E, Kauff N, Greenup R. Cost Effectiveness of Risk-Reducing Mastectomy versus Surveillance in BRCA Mutation Carriers with a History of Ovarian Cancer. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2017, 24: 3116-3123. PMID: 28699130, PMCID: PMC5990891, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-017-5995-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk-reducing mastectomyOvarian cancer diagnosisIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioBRCA mutation carriersMonths of lifeMutation carriersMagnetic resonance imagingCancer diagnosisSurvival benefitOvarian cancerMutation statusMost BRCA1/2 mutation carriersThird-party payer perspectiveGreater survival benefitBreast cancer riskBRCA mutation statusBRCA1/2 mutation carriersBRCA2 mutation carriersBRCA2 mutation statusBRCA1 mutation carriersBreast cancer screeningMonte Carlo probabilistic sensitivity analysisCost-effectiveness ratioYears of lifeProbabilistic sensitivity analyses