title: Technology assessment: a perspective from the National Cancer Institute.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Imaging Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shtern
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000191:economics; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000473:pathology; D017322:Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000191:economics; D008327:Mammography / Q000191:economics; D016522:Oncology Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000191:economics*; D013675:Technology, High-Cost / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States