Body image score following anterior and lateral approaches to wide local excision for early breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-242

  Lee, Menelik ^a   Patel, Mitesh ^a   Cresswell, Adrian B ^a,b   Bentley, Phillip G ^a  

^a KENT AND SUSSEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Wide local excision

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34247476057     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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