The association of preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging and multiple breast surgeries among older women with early stage breast cancer
Wang SY, Kuntz KM, Tuttle TM, Jacobs DR, Kane RL, Virnig BA. The association of preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging and multiple breast surgeries among older women with early stage breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2013, 138: 137-147. PMID: 23354364, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2420-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-stage breast cancerStage breast cancerMultiple surgeriesPreoperative breast MRIBreast cancerAdditional surgeryBreast surgeryPreoperative breast magnetic resonance imagingEnd Results-Medicare databaseBreast MRIInitial treatment episodeMore additional surgeriesPhysician-level predictorsBreast magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) utilizationInitial treatment periodMultilevel logistic regression modelsMedian odds ratioMagnetic resonance imagingLogistic regression modelsPrimary surgeryTumor characteristicsMRI evaluationPartial mastectomyTreatment episodes