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Background
Despite mandated insurance coverage for breast reconstruction following mastectomy, health care costs are increasingly passed on to women through cost‐sharing arrangements and high‐deductible health plans. In this population‐based study, the authors assessed perceived financial and employment declines related to breast reconstruction following mastectomy.
Methods
Women with early‐stage...
BACKGROUND
Little is known regarding whether growing awareness of the financial toxicity of a cancer diagnosis and its treatment has increased clinician engagement or changed the needs of current patients.
METHODS
The authors surveyed patients with early‐stage breast cancer who were identified through population‐based sampling from 2 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) regions and...
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