A sociodemographic and economic comparison of breast reconstruction, mastectomy, and conservative surgery

Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-447

  Desch, Christopher E ^a,b   Penberthy, Lynne T ^a   Hillner, Bruce E ^a   McDonald, M Kathleen ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Pozez, Andrea L ^a   Retchin, Sheldon M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032917523     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(99)70012-7     Document Type: Article

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