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‘At All Costs’: Breast Cancer Patient Responses to Cost Transparency and Communication

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  1. Department of Surgery, UAB Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Lily A. Gutnik MD, MPH

  2. Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Laura J. Fish PhD, MPH

  3. Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Jennifer Gallagher BA

  4. Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Rachel A. Greenup MD, MPH

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Lily A. Gutnik, Laura J. Fish, Jennifer Gallagher, and Rachel A. Greenup have no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Gutnik, L.A., Fish, L.J., Gallagher, J. et al. ‘At All Costs’: Breast Cancer Patient Responses to Cost Transparency and Communication. Ann Surg Oncol 29, 7259–7260 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-022-12160-5

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