Clinicopathologic factors and patient perceptions associated with surgical breast-conserving treatment

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-175

  Kotwall, Cyrus A ^a,b,c   Maxwell, J Gary ^a,b,c   Covington, Deborah L ^c   Churchill, Paige ^c   Smith, Susan E ^b,c   Covan, Eleanor Krassen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c New Hanover Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving surgery; Patient interview; Segmental mastectomy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030095784     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02305797     Document Type: Article

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