Breast-conserving therapy for palpable and nonpalpable breast cancer: Can surgical residents do the job irrespective of experience?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1731-1736

  Cleffken, Berry ^b   Postelmans, Job ^a   Olde Damink, Steven ^b   Nap, Marius ^a   Schreutelkamp, Ineke ^a   Van Der Bijl, Hans ^a  

^a Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVING THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PALPATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34548051054     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9176-2     Document Type: Article

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