Breast conservation therapy in affiliated county, university, and private hospitals

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 466-469

  Heimbach, Julie K ^a   Biffl, Walter L ^a   Mitchell, Erica L ^a   Finlayson, Christina A ^a   Schwartzberg, Barbara S ^d   Myers, Adam ^b   Rabinovitch, Rachael ^c   Franciose, Reginald J ^a  

^a Surgery   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of ^*  (United States)

^d ROSE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORADO; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033401354     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00227-5     Document Type: Article

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