What drove changes in the use of breast conserving surgery since the early 1980s? The role of the clinical trial, celebrity action and an NIH consensus statement

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-79

  Du, X ^a   Freeman, D H ^a   Syblik, D A ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving surgery; Celebrity; Clinical trial; Consensus statement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; COHORT STUDIES; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES, NIH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MASS MEDIA; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033866549     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006414122201     Document Type: Article

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