Can women with early-stage breast cancer make an informed decision for mastectomy?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 519-525

  Collins, E Dale ^a   Moore, Caroline P ^a   Clay, Kate F ^a   Kearing, Stephen A ^a   O'Connor, Annette M ^a   Llewellyn Thomas, Hilary A ^a   Barth Jr , Richard J ^a   Sepucha, Karen R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 59149105179     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.6215     Document Type: Article

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