Cost-effectiveness of non-invasive assessment in the Dutch breast cancer screening program versus usual care: A randomized controlled trial

摘要

OBJECTIVE: Increased recall rates in the Dutch breast cancer screening program call for a new assessment strategy aiming to reduce unnecessary costs and anxiety. Diagnostic work-up (usual care) includes multidisciplinary hospital assessment and is similar for all recalled women, regardless of the radiologist's suspicion of breast cancer. This is similar in many Canadian settings. We developed a novel assessment strategy that offers women with a low suspicion of breast cancer a quick and non-invasive assessment by a screening radiologist (intervention). We compared these two strategies in a cost-effectiveness analysis based on a randomized controlled trial: multicentre randomized controlled trial (MASS trial, Netherlands National Trial Register: NTR1480).