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Article: Does doctor's gender sway surgery for breast cancer? A small U study raises the question of whether female surgeons are more likely to perform double mastectomies.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- October 8, 2009
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Byline: JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY; STAFF WRITER
When Dr. Todd Tuttle asks his female medical students at the University of Minnesota what they would do if they had breast cancer, he is always surprised by the large number who say they would choose to have both breasts removed, even if they didn't have to. Now, he's found a similar pattern among a few female surgeons in Minnesota. In a study published this week, he found that women surgeons were much more likely than male surgeons to do double mastectomy procedures on breast cancer patients. The findings are not conclusive -- only three of the 23 surgeons in the study were women. But they are enough to make Tuttle ...