Perimeter Medical Imaging AI, Inc. announced results from a new study1 published in the Annals of Surgical Oncology that provide a comprehensive and up-to-date understanding of population-level reoperation rates and incremental healthcare costs associated with patients who require reoperations after undergoing breast-conserving surgery (BCS). Researchers based at The University of Texas Health Science Center and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center concluded that more attention and continuing efforts should be made to reduce reoperation rates. The research team identified 17,129 commercially insured women ages 18-64 and 6,977 Medicare beneficiaries age 18 and older who had initial breast-conserving surgery between 2017 and 2019.

The one-year follow-up revealed reoperation rates of 21.1% among commercially insured women and 14.9% among the Medicare cohort.