The importance of location in determining breast conservation rates

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-22

  Hiotis, Karen ^a,c   Ye, Wei ^a   Sposto, Richard ^a   Goldberg, Judith ^b   Mukhi, Vandana ^b   Skinner, Kristin ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conservation; Demographics; Population density

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVATION SURGERY; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444435791     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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