Intraoperative assessment of breast cancer specimens decreases cost and number of reoperations

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-344

  Uecker, John M ^a   Bui, Eric H ^a   Foulkrod, Kelli H ^a   Sabra, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952404761     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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