Lumpectomy or mastectomy: Is quality of life the tie-breaker?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3035-3036

  Jacobs, Lisa K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT FORM 36; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 35348814302     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9545-y     Document Type: Short Survey

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