Research evaluating data from the American College of Surgeons National Cancer Database (NCDB) showed a 15-20% decrease in newly diagnosed breast cancer cases reported to Commission on Cancer sites in 2020, compared to 2019.
University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center researchers have developed a novel prompt, or ‘nudge,’ embedded in the electronic health record that flags, for treating surgeons, older patients with early-stage breast cancer who may be at risk for unnecessary lymph node surgery.
