Imaging Overuse In Certain US Regions

Sunday, March 15, 2015 - 18:20 in Health & Medicine

Where you receive medical care impacts many things - including whether or not you receive inappropriate medical tests, according to a new study. Researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center and its Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, in a new retrospective study publishing online March 12th in JAMA Oncology, conclude that patients with low-risk prostate or breast cancer were more likely to receive inappropriate imaging during treatment, based on the region of the country in which they received medical care. read more

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