Direct medical costs for stage-specific breast cancer: a retrospective analysis

the direct medical costs of breast cancer in isfahan-iran

Health system costs for stage-specific breast cancer: a population-based approach.

OBJECTIVE The objective of the present analysis was to determine the publicly funded health care costs associated with the care of breast cancer (bca) patients by disease stage. METHODS Incident cases of female invasive bca (2005-2009) were extracted from the Ontario Cancer Registry and linked to administrative datasets from the publicly funded system. The type and use of health care services...

the direct medical costs of outpatient cares of type 2 diabetes in iran: a retrospective study

background: diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease which many factors are involved and is developing considerably worldwide. increasing aging population and obesity in the societies has improved the scale of the type 2 diabetes significantly. the aim of this study was to determine the direct medical costs of outpatient cares of diabetes in iran. methods: active patients of isfahan endocrinology...

Electronic brachytherapy as adjuvant therapy for early stage breast cancer: a retrospective analysis

PURPOSE This multicenter, retrospective study evaluated treatment and clinical outcomes of patients with early stage breast cancer who received adjuvant high-dose rate (HDR) electronic brachytherapy (EBT) treatment post-lumpectomy using the Axxent(®) EBT system. Dosimetric data from the EBT treatment plans were compared with those based on iridium-192 HDR brachytherapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS M...

Prognostic factors in stage-I breast cancer: a retrospective study.

We studied the case records of all patients presenting with stage-I breast cancer (tumour < 2 cm, no axillary nodes or distant metastases). All clinical and pathological features were evaluated and findings were correlated with short term treatment failures (local and distant recurrences within 2 years). An early recurrence was seen in 28% patients. There was no significant differences in the m...