The rate of breast-conserving surgery for early breast cancer is not influenced by the surgical strategy of excisional biopsy followed by the definitive procedure

Breast Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 158-165

  Petrik, David W ^a,e   McCready, David R ^a,d   Goel, Vivek ^b,d   Pinfold, S Patricia ^d   Sawka, Carol A ^b,c,d  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving surgery; Surgical strategy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; AXILLA; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0034943769     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2001.007003158.x     Document Type: Article

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