Are "breast-focused" surgeons more competent?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 953-955

  Pass, Helen A ^a   Klimberg, Suzanne V ^b   Copeland III, Edward M ^c  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGEON;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURGERY;

EID: 40549113320     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-9835-z     Document Type: Editorial

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