ArticleAnnals of surgical oncology2018
Select Choices in Benign Breast Disease: An Initiative of the American Society of Breast Surgeons for the American Board of Internal Medicine Choosing Wisely
Article in Annals of surgical oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Prediction of total hospital expenses of patients undergoing breast cancer surgery in Shanghai, China by comparing three models.BMC health services research · 2021Trial
- Accessibility and Decision-Supportive Quality of Benign Breast Disease Articles on Chinese Hospital WeChat Public Accounts: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2026Article
- Breast Cancer Risk After Benign Breast Disease Among Racially Diverse Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Research square · 2026Article
- Image-guided and surgical management of breast infections: Addressing diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2026Review
- Ensemble machine learning for predicting costs and cost influencers in breast cancer surgery.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- A case report and a literature review of double mammary pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia associated with galactoma during pregnancy.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Mesenchymal Tumors of the Breast: Fibroblastic/Myofibroblastic Lesions and Other Lesions.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Review
- Review of Breast Abscess Cases at a Tertiary Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.International journal of women's health · 2023Article
- Long-Term Risk of Breast Cancer after Diagnosis of Benign Breast Disease by Screening Mammography.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A scoping review characterizing "Choosing Wisely®" recommendations for breast cancer management.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2021Article
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16 authors at 14 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundUp to 50% of all women encounter benign breast problems. In contrast to breast cancer, high-level evidence is not available to guide treatment. Management is therefore largely based on individual physician experience/training. The American board of internal medicine (ABIM) initiated its Choosing Wisely
methodsThe PSQC solicited initial candidate measures. PSQC surgeons represent a wide variety of practices. The resulting measures were ranked by modified Delphi appropriateness methodology in two rounds. The final list was approved by ASBrS and endorsed by the ABIM.
resultsThe final five measures are as follows. (1) Don't routinely excise areas of pseuodoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) of the breast in patients who are not having symptoms from it. (2) Don't routinely surgically excise biopsy-proven fibroadenomas that are < 2 cm. (3) Don't routinely operate for a breast abscess without an initial attempt to percutaneously aspirate. (4) Don't perform screening mammography in asymptomatic patients with normal exams who have less than a 5-years life expectancy. (5) Don't routinely drain nonpainful, fluid-filled cysts.
conclusionsThe ASBrS Choosing Wisely
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