Underutilization of Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation Therapy Among Women With Stage I or II Breast Cancer

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 266, Issue 24, 1991, Pages 3433-3438

  Lazovich, DeAnn ^a,b   White, Emily ^a,b   Thomas, David B ^a,b   Moe, Roger E ^b  

^a FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM STAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0026354939     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03470240055032     Document Type: Article

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