Positive, negative, and disparate - Women's differing long-term psychosocial experiences of bilateral or contralateral prophylactic mastectomy

Breast Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-32

  Altschuler, Andrea ^a   Nekhlyudov, Larissa ^b   Rolnick, Sharon J ^c   Greene, Sarah M ^d   Elmore, Joann G ^e   West, Carmen N ^f,i   Herrinton, Lisa J ^a   Harris, Emily L ^g   Fletcher, Suzanne W ^b   Emmons, Karen M ^h   Geiger, Ann M ^f,j  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^h DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer prevention; Prophylactic mastectomy; Psychosocial outcomes; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37849013312     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2007.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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