title: Charges for partial, radical mastectomy vary by region.
abstract: Data Library: Breast cancer survival rates are going up, largely due to early detection and diagnosis. Surgery remains a mainstay of treatment, most often by a modified radical mastectomy but increasingly by the less drastic partial mastectomy, or lumpectomy. This MetLife analysis of charges and utilization for radical and partial mastectomy reveals some noteworthy geographic variations.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D017722:Hospital Charges / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical / Q000191:economics*; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States