Breast cancer in Western Australia in 1989 v: Outcome at 5 years after diagnosis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 250-255

  Stevenson, Jayne M ^a   Bochenek, Piotr ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad ^a,b   Parsons, Richard W ^a   Byrne, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Follow up; Quality of life; Survival; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030737582     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb01957.x     Document Type: Article

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