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Sexual and gender minority breast cancer patients choosing bilateral mastectomy without reconstruction: “I now have a body that fits me”

Maria Teresa BrownAging Studies Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jane A. McElroyFamily and Community Medicine Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-747X
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Pages 403-418 | Received 25 Aug 2016, Accepted 02 Mar 2017, Published online: 19 Apr 2017

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