Patient and provider characteristics that affect the use of axillary dissection in older women with stage I-II breast carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2534-2541

  Edge, Stephen B ^a   Gold, Karen ^b   Berg, Christine D ^c   Meropol, Neal J ^d   Tsangaris, Theodore N ^e   Gray, Luther ^f   Petersen Jr , Bert M ^g   Hwang, Yi Ting ^e   Mandelblatt, Jeanne S ^e  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Sibley Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^g BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary staging; Breast neoplasms; Health outcomes; Physician characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURGERY;

EID: 0037093825     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10540     Document Type: Article

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