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Published: September 23, 2007
Mastectomy rate has officials asking why options not used
By Jeff Raymond
Oklahoma ranks fifth nationally in the rate at which women have breasts removed because of cancer.

Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2003, the most recent year available on the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Web site, show Oklahoma has a high prevalence of mastectomies to treat breast cancer among Medicare enrollees. Researchers often use Medicare patients for health care measurement...

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