Disparities in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy use among women with early-stage breast cancer

Mastectomy: White women more likely to choose double breast removal Racial disparities exist in the desire of American women with early-stage breast cancer to surgically remove their healthy breast tissue. Younji Kim and colleagues from the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, USA, surveyed mor...

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Main Authors: Younji Kim, Anne Marie McCarthy, Mirar Bristol, Katrina Armstrong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-01
Series:npj Breast Cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-017-0004-z