Meanings of initial breast in English

Conclusions: Medicare expenditures on initial breast cancer care vary substantially across regions.

Those studies failed to confirm the level of benefit seen in the initial breast cancer trial, FDA reviewers said.

The literature reports low rates of breast conservation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for operable breast cancers not amenable to initial breast-conserving surgery.

Principal findings: Mean Medicare expenditure for initial breast cancer care was $19,255 per patient.

Objective: To characterize Medicare expenditures on initial breast cancer care and examine variation in expenditures across hospital referral regions (HRRs).

All participants had their initial breast cancer diagnosed during the period of January 1985 to December 2000, before the age of 55 years.