Quality of life among mastectomy patients using external breast prostheses

Tumori

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 581-586

  Hart, Stacey ^a   Meyerowitz, Beth E ^a   Apolone, Giovanni ^b   Mosconi, Paola ^b   Liberati, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; External prostheses; Mastectomy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; BREAST PROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030825521     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169708300221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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