Cost-effectiveness of early cancer surveillance for patients with Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
Casey R TakEman BiltajiWendy KohlmannLuke MaesePierre HainautAnita VillaniDavid MalkinCatherine M T SherwinDiana I BrixnerJoshua D SchiffmanPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2019)
Presymptomatic cancer surveillance is cost-effective for patients with germline pathogenic variants in TP53. Lack of insurance coverage or reimbursement in this population may have significant consequences and leads to undetected cancers presenting in later stages of disease with worse clinical outcomes.