Understanding the impact of breast reconstruction on the surgical decision-making process for breast cancer

Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-494

  Alderman, Amy K ^a,b,f   Hawley, Sarah T ^b,c   Waljee, Jennifer ^a   Mujahid, Mahasin ^d   Morrow, Monica ^e   Katz, Steven J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast reconstruction; Decision making; SEER

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER REGISTRY; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 38749131230     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23214     Document Type: Review

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