The influence of gender of the surgeon on surgical procedure preference for breast cancer

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 398-400

  Weinberg, Elizabeth ^a   Woods, Scott ^b   Grannan, Kevin ^a   Hendy, Mary Pat ^a  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Bethesda Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MASTECTOMY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSICIAN; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036551368     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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