Surgeon's recommendation, perceived operative efficacy and age dictate treatment choice by Chinese women facing breast cancer surgery

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 585-593

  Lam, Wendy W T ^a   Fielding, Richard ^a   Ho, Ella Y Y ^a   Chan, Miranda ^b   Or, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22644439033     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.877     Document Type: Article

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