The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 6 , Pages 787-791 , December 2009

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

Oral presentation at the Southwestern Surgical Congress, San Diego, March 22nd 2009.

  • Amber Moreland, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Yan Zhang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Sharmila Dissanaike, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 806 743 2460; fax: +1 806 743 2113
    • ,
  • Rishi Arya, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA

Received 12 February 2009 ,Revised 28 April 2009

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PII: S0002-9610(09)00563-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.031

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 6 , Pages 787-791 , December 2009

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