Was Breast Conserving Surgery Underutilized for Early Stage Breast Cancer? Instrumental Variables Evidence for Stage II Patients from Iowa

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1385-1402

  Brooks, John M ^a   Chrischilles, Elizabeth A ^a   Scott, Shane D ^b   Chen Hardee, Shari S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Instrumental variables; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345759770     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2003.00184.x     Document Type: Review

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