Barriers to Immediate Breast Reconstruction in the Canadian Universal Health Care System.

CONCLUSION: IBR is available to select patients with favorable clinical and demographic characteristics who travel farther to undergo surgery at teaching hospitals with two or more available plastic surgeons.
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Source: Clinical Breast Cancer - June 2, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Zhong T, Fernandes KA, Saskin R, Sutradhar R, Platt J, Beber BA, Novak CB, McCready DR, Hofer SO, Irish JC, Baxter NN Tags: J Clin Oncol Source Type: research