Physician
General Surgery
Dr. Marcia C. Boraas, MD
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Marcia C. Boraas works in the field of General Surgery. He graduated from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He over the years received 4 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Philadelphia Magazine", "America's Top Doctors for Cancer" and "Fellow (FACS)". Marcia Boraas is a published MD as well. He has 23 publications published. The latest was: Postmastectomy morbidity after combination preoperative irradiation and chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer. Marcia Boraas is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Multifocal and Multicentric Breast Cancer is Associated with Increased Local Recurrence Regardless of Surgery Type.
- Patterns of nodal staging during Breast conservation surgery in the medicare patient: will the ACOSOG Z0011 trial change the pattern of care?
- Advanced imaging modalities in early stage Breast cancer: preoperative use in the United States Medicare population.
- Biopsy findings after Breast conservation therapy for early-stage invasive Breast cancer.
- The association of cytokeratin-only-positive sentinel lymph nodes and subsequent metastases in Breast cancer.
- Invasive mucinous carcinoma arising in ectopic axillary Breast tissue: a case report and literature review.
- Management of learned food aversions in Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.
- Learned food aversions among Cancer chemotherapy patients. Incidence, nature, and clinical implications.
- Comparison of infections in Hickman and implanted port catheters in adult solid tumor patients.
- Postmastectomy morbidity after combination preoperative irradiation and chemotherapy for locally advanced Breast cancer.
- Delayed Breast abscesses after lumpectomy and radiation therapy.
- Local recurrence of Breast cancer in the stereotactic core needle biopsy site: case reports and review of the literature.
- Risk factors for immediate prosthetic postmastectomy reconstruction.
- Incidence of gross and microscopic carcinoma in specimens from patients with Breast cancer after re-excision lumpectomy.
- Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy: effect on diagnosis and outcome in early-stage invasive Breast cancer treated with conservative surgery and radiation.
- Lobular carcinoma in situ increases the risk of local recurrence in selected patients with stages I and II Breast carcinoma treated with conservative surgery and radia...
- Accuracy of the extent of axillary nodal positivity related to primary tumor size, number of involved nodes, and number of nodes examined.
- Method of primary tumor detection as a risk factor for local and distant recurrence after Breast-conservation treatment for early-stage Breast cancer.
- Mammographic appearance of recurrent Breast cancer after Breast conservation therapy.
- Internal mammary node irradiation neither decreases distant metastases nor improves survival in stage I and II Breast cancer.
- Patients with early stage invasive cancer with close or positive margins treated with conservative surgery and radiation have an increased risk of Breast recurrence th...
- Should internal mammary lymph nodes in Breast cancer be a target for the radiation oncologist?
Schools
University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Procedures Preformed
- Biopsy of Breast
- Excision of Breast Tumor
- Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
- Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
Conditions Treated
- Atelectasis
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Lump
- Carcinoma in Situ
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Personal Choice PPO
- Regional Pref Network EPO
- Regional Pref Network HMO
- Regional Pref Network HMO+
- Regional Pref Network POS+
- Regional Pref Network PPO
- Bakery & Confectionary Union Plan
- Blue Card PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- CoreSource
- Gateway Health Plan
- Geisinger Health Plan
- Community Blue PPO
- Direct Access
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Keystone Health Plan East HMO
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- QualCare HMO
- QualCare PPO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Philadelphia Magazine
- America's Top Doctors for Cancer
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Fox Chase Cancer Center -
University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Hospital
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Fox Chase Cancer Center-American Oncologic Hospital -
Temple University Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1083641369 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BORAAS | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | MARCIA | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 19111 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 11.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1083641369 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BORAAS |
| First Name Of The Provider | MARCIA |
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