The influence of age on the breast surgery decision-making process

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 854-862

  Bleicher, Richard J ^a   Abrahamse, Paul ^b   Hawley, Sarah T ^b   Katz, Steven J ^b   Morrow, Monica ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Carcinoma; Decision making; Mastectomy; Patient participation; Segmental mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39149143369     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9708-x     Document Type: Article

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