Mammography is an important surveillance tool for detecting ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) after BCS. Although IBTR is rare in the first 2 years, various organizations have established protocols for postoperative mammographic…
Purpose: To compare three decision making techniques using a common clinical problem. Methods: Two recently developed methods, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and the analytic network process (ANP), were compared with a Markov process in the…
Purpose Locoregional failure after breast-conserving surgery is associated with increased risk of distant disease and death. The magnitude of this risk in patients receiving chemotherapy has not been adequately characterized. Patients and Methods Our…
