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Charity C Glass et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 1;236(6):1082-1084.

doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000684. Epub 2023 Mar 16.

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Impact of Race, Ethnicity, Primary Language, and Insurance on Reconstruction after Mastectomy for Patients with Breast Cancer at an Urban, Academic Safety-Net Hospital.
Beaulieu-Jones BR, Fefferman A, Woods AP, Shewmaker G, Zhang T, Roh DS, Sachs TE, Merrill A, Ko NY, Cassidy MR. Beaulieu-Jones BR, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Jun 1;236(6):1071-1082. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000531. Epub 2022 Dec 16. J Am Coll Surg. 2023. PMID: 36524735

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