Correlates of referral practices of general surgeons to plastic surgeons for mastectomy reconstruction

Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1715-1720

  Alderman, Amy K ^a,b,d   Hawley, Sarah T ^a,b   Waljee, Jennifer ^a   Morrow, Monica ^c   Katz, Steven J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast reconstruction; End Results; Epidemiology; Practice patterns; Surgical decision making; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENDER; GENERAL SURGERY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEER PROGRAM; SURGERY; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 34247627284     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22598     Document Type: Article

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