Examining the use of breast-conserving treatment for women with breast cancer in a managed care environment

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 438-441

  Legorreta, Antonio P ^a,b   Liu, Xiaofeng ^a   Parker, Robert G ^c  

^a Health Benchmarks Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clinical stages; Conservative treatment; Managed care; Mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MASTECTOMY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ASSOCIATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0034445421     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200010000-00002     Document Type: Article

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