Overuse of Chest CT in Patients With Stage I and II Breast Cancer

Overuse of Chest CT in Patients With Stage I and II Breast Cancer: An Opportunity to Increase Guidelines Compliance at an NCCN Member Institution – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (free)

News release: NCCN Guidelines Compliance for Chest CT Reduces False Positives and Decreases Health Care Spending in Breast Cancer, Study Finds (free)

In this cohort 11% of patients with stage I and 36% of patients with stage II breast cancer underwent chest CT, despite NCCN Guidelines against the exam. “Nearly one-third of these patients were found to have pulmonary nodules, but only 1.3% were ever diagnosed with pulmonary metastases”