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Utilization rates for advanced imaging during the peri-diagnostic period (date of diagnosis to 3 months postdiagnosis) climbed dramatically for all payer plans between 2002 and 2009. Greatest increases and related cost increases were seen for MRI, which led the stakeholders to rate evaluations of this modality the highest priority objective for the breast cancer study.
BC: Breast cancer; CT: Computed tomography.
