The influence of patients' concerns on surgeons' recommendations for early breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 100-106

  Wu, Z H ^a   Freeman, J L ^a   Greer, A L ^b   Freeman Jr , D H ^a   Goodwin, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Choice of therapy; Decision making; Surgeons

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SURGERY; TEXAS;

EID: 1842666743     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2354.2001.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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