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Questions for Your Potential Provider

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  • What is your medical specialty? Are you board certified in that specialty? 
  • What percent of your practice is devoted to breast cancer treatment? 
  • Will my health care team meet as a group to discuss my care? 
  • What is the accreditation status of the medical facility where you practice? 
  • Does your medical center accept my health insurance plan? 
  • For surgeons: How many times a year do you perform the procedure you are recommending for me? How many times a year is the procedure done at the hospital where you practice? 
  • Which diagnosis and treatment guidelines do you use as the basis of your breast cancer care? 
  • Which diagnosis and treatment guidelines does the medical facility use as the basis of its breast cancer care? 

Learn more about talking to your health care provider.

Updated 08/18/09

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