Delayed radiotherapy for breast cancer patients in integrated delivery systems.

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Published in Am J Manag Care on November 01, 2009

Authors

Heather Taffet Gold1, Soe Soe Thwin, Diana S M Buist, Terry S Field, Feifei Wei, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Timothy L Lash, Virginia P Quinn, Ann M Geiger, Rebecca A Silliman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065-6304, USA. heg2001@med.cornell.edu

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