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Current Insurance Policy Coverage for Screening Mammography in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals

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CSC is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Award Number 1K08CA276706-01A1 (PI: Cortina). JMN is suppored by the NIH under Award Number 5U18HS028738-02 (PI:Brown). AEP is supported by the NIH under Award Number 1R01NR020770-01 (PI: Walsh). MS is supported by the NIH under Award Number 5R01CA258759-02 (PI: Stolley) and 1T32CA269115-01A1 (PI: Stolley). The content of this manuscript is soley the responsiblity of the authors and does not neccessarily represent the official views of the NIH.

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  1. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Chandler S. Cortina MD, MS, FSSO, FACS & Alexandra Polovneff BS

  2. Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Chandler S. Cortina MD, MS, FSSO, FACS, Joan M. Neuner MD, MPH & Melinda Stolley PhD

  3. Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Emily L. Siegel MD, FSSO & Grace Sahyouni BS

  4. Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Joan M. Neuner MD, MPH

  5. Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Andrew E. Petroll MD, MS

  6. Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Melinda Stolley PhD

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Cortina, C.S., Siegel, E.L., Polovneff, A. et al. Current Insurance Policy Coverage for Screening Mammography in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals. Ann Surg Oncol 30, 6978–6980 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-14195-8

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