Living with mastectomy and breast conservation treatment: Who suffers more?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 322-326

  Gilbar, O ^a   Ungar, L ^b   Fried, G ^c   Taller, Y ^d   Cohen, M ^c   Robinson, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Ctr Rehab Res and Hum Devmt   (Israel)

^e Northern Israel Oncology Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast conservation; Mastectomy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030795959     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005200050081     Document Type: Article

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