A multi-institutional analysis of the socioeconomic determinants of breast reconstruction: A study of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-249

  Christian, Caprice K ^a   Niland, Joyce ^b   Edge, Stephen B ^c   Ottesen, Rebecca A ^b   Hughes, Melissa E ^d   Theriault, Richard ^e   Wilson, John ^f   Hergrueter, Charles A ^a   Weeks, Jane C ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31844456744     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000197738.63512.23     Document Type: Article

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