A follow-up study of 105 women with breast cancer following reduction mammaplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1687-1690

  Tang, Christine L ^a   Brown, Mitchell H ^a,b   Levine, Ronald ^a   Sloan, Margaret ^a   Chong, Nelson ^a   Holowaty, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST REDUCTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032968176     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199905060-00017     Document Type: Article

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