Insurance status effects on stage of diagnosis and surgical options used in the treatment of breast cancer

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 258-261

  Lukavsky, Robert ^a   Sariego, Jack ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; diagnosis; insurance; treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; PATHOLOGY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 84928953806     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000281     Document Type: Article

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