The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 2 , Pages 164-169 , February 2008

Patterns of care analysis among women with ductal carcinoma in situ in North Carolina

  • LeRon C. Jackson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • ,
  • Fabian Camacho, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Edward A. Levine, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • ,
  • Roger T. Anderson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
    • ,
  • John H. Stewart IV, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA
    • Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-336-716-0545; fax: +1-336-716-5414.

Received 6 June 2007 ,Revised 12 October 2007

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PII: S0002-9610(07)00840-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.10.001

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 195, Issue 2 , Pages 164-169 , February 2008

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