Is face-only photographic view enough for the aesthetic evaluation of breast cancer conservative treatment?

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 565-568

  Cardoso, Maria João ^a,e   Magalhães, André ^a   Almeida, Teresa ^a   Costa, Susy ^a   Vrieling, Conny ^b   Christie, David ^c   Johansen, Jørgen ^d   Cardoso, Jaime S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Genolier Swiss Medical Network SA   (Switzerland)

^c East Coast Cancer Center   (Australia)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aesthetic results; Agreement; Breast cancer; Conservative treatment; Expert observers; Face only view; Four views; Objective evaluation; Software

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ESTHETICS; FACE; HARRIS SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56549129087     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-9896-5     Document Type: Article

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