Predictors of Breast Asymmetry after Breast-Conserving Operation for Breast Cancer

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 274-280

  Waljee, Jennifer F ^a   Hu, Emily S ^b   Newman, Lisa A ^a   Alderman, Amy K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; BREAST UNEQUALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REOPERATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349114487     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.07.029     Document Type: Article

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