Quality of life following breast-conserving therapy or mastectomy: Results of a 5-year prospective study

Breast Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-231

  Engel, Jutta ^a   Kerr, Jacqueline ^a   Schlesinger Raab, Anne ^a   Sauer, Hansjörg ^b   Hölzel, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVING THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROLE PLAYING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2642573340     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2004.21323.x     Document Type: Article

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