Patterns of surgical treatment for women diagnosed with early breast cancer in Queensland

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 443-451

  Thompson, Bridie ^a   Baade, Peter ^a   Coory, Michael ^b   Carrière, Philippe ^c   Fritschi, Lin ^d  

^a VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Geographical differences; Mastectomy; Patterns; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; RURAL POPULATION; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUEENSLAND; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40649117696     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9584-4     Document Type: Article

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