External breast prostheses: Misinformation and false beliefs. Can we do better to help women after mastectomy?

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Healey, Irene ^a  

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Indexed keywords

FILLER; SILICONE GEL;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BREAST CANCER; BREAST PROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFESTYLE; MASTECTOMY; MEDLINE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL MARKETING; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT BEARING; WELLBEING;

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