title: Comprehensive breast cancer adjuvant digital summary.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with breast cancer often fail to recall the details of their original diagnosis and adjuvant therapy with the passage of time. Subsequent follow-up and treatment at a later time and a different institution wastes valuable time and effort to retrieve the original data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-five consecutive patients with breast cancer of all stages admitted for adjuvant/neoadjuvant treatment and surgical excision were entered on study. An individualized comprehensive visual evaluation summary sheet (VESS) was created that detailed initial diagnosis, preceding relevant investigations, drug scheduling, and dosages of adjuvant therapy. Completion of a VESS required a computer, a digital camera with connection to a microscope, and radiology images over the PACS system. The completed one-page summary can be printed or stored.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A VESS takes up an average of 4.4 MB (1.24-8 MB), each containing 11.5 images (range, 4-23 images), spanning a time period of around 216 days (range, 125-558 days).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients received a complete summary of pertinent information concerning their diagnosis and adjuvant therapy.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Research Institute, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan. jmliuWnhri.org.tw
authors.forename: Jacqueline Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hsiao Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chui Mei
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Tiu
authors.forename: Ling Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Sang Hue
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: Cheng Ying
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Shiau
authors.forename: Chieh
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Anna Fen Yau
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008327:Mammography; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008875:Middle Aged; D020360:Neoadjuvant Therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed