A Woman's Influence to Choose Mastectomy as Treatment for Breast Cancer

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-131

  Fancher, Tiffany T ^a   Palesty, J Alexander ^a,b   Thomas, Reney ^a   Healy, Tami ^a   Fancher, Jennifer M ^c   Ng, Chonn ^a   Dudrick, Stanley J ^a,d  

^a St Mary's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; breast conservation therapy; mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVATION THERAPY; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 63649150463     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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