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... HCFA data sets, as presently constituted, can best be utilized to describe, track, and compare broad patterns of care for breast cancer according to subgroups of providers, practitioners, and patients. The committee emphasized the need to have adequate data on the ambulatory management of breast cancer, because analysis of the effectiveness of alternative therapies (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation, or tamoxifen)
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... , pathological stage and type of disease, and hormone receptor status. The committee also recommended three clinical or patient management topics for initial attention in the effectiveness research program targeted on breast cancer: screening and mammography; therapeutic alternatives for primary cancer, particularly as a function of age and stage of disease and of provider characteristics; and approaches to follow-up monitoring and care (including therapy for recurrent disease)
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... with or without axillary node dissection and radiation; · Postmastectomy radiation: · Adjuvant chemotherapy in node-positive or node-negative disease; · Adjuvant hormonal therapy; and · Primary treatment of intraductal (noninvasive) breast cancer.
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