Turning subjective into objective: The BCCT.core software for evaluation of cosmetic results in breast cancer conservative treatment

Breast

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 456-461

  Cardoso, Maria João ^a   Cardoso, Jaime ^b   Amaral, Natália ^c   Azevedo, Isabel ^d   Barreau, Lise ^e   Bernardo, Mario ^f   Christie, David ^g   Costa, Susy ^a   Fitzal, Florian ^h   Fougo, José L ^d   Johansen, Jørgen ⁱ   Macmillan, Douglas ^j   Mano, Maria Piera ^k   Regolo, Lea ^l   Rosa, José ^f   Teixeira, Luís ^b   Vrieling, Conny ^m  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE ONCOLOGIA DE LISBOA FRANCISCO GENTIL   (Portugal)

^g East Coast Cancer Center   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁱ ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^j NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^l IRCCS   (Italy)

^m NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Aesthetic result; Breast cancer; Conservative treatment; Expert observers; Nominal consensus; Objective evaluation; Software

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 34848828209     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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