Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: Efficacy, satisfaction, and regret

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 31, 2005, Pages 7777-7779

  Schwartz, Marc D ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALITY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BREAST TUMOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; NOTE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944482399     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.08.903     Document Type: Editorial

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