Private insurance is the strongest predictor of women receiving breast conservation surgery for breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 787-791

  Moreland, Amber ^a   Zhang, Yan ^b   Dissanaike, Sharmila ^a   Arya, Rishi ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conservation surgery; Insurance; Mastectomy; Race; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 71149105310     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.031     Document Type: Article

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