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05/10/2012

Genomeweb: Economic Model Finds MammaPrint More Cost-Effective than Oncotype; Highlights Need for

In the study, researchers led by Amalia Issa of the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia developed a 10-year Markov model to compare the costs incurred and quality-adjusted life years gained when
oncologists used either Oncotype DX or MammaPrint to guide treatment decisions for a hypothetical cohort of 1,000 women with early-stage, estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer that hasn't spread to the lymph nodes.

Read more: http://www.genomeweb.com/mdx/economic-model-finds-mammaprint-more-cost-effective-oncotype-highlights-need-fut