Factors influencing a woman's choice to undergo breast-conserving surgery versus modified radical mastectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 413-418

  Nold, R Joseph ^a   Beamer, R Larry ^a   Helmer, Stephen D ^a   McBoyle, Marilee F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034469368     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00501-8     Document Type: Article

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