Trends and Patterns of Breast Conservation Treatment in Hong Kong: 1994-2007

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-103

  Yau, Tsz Kok ^a   Soong, Inda S ^a   Sze, Henry ^a   Choi, Cheuk Wai ^a   Yeung, Mei Wan ^a   Ng, Wai Tong ^a   Lee, Anne W M ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Conservation; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVATIONS; BREAST MASS; BREAST SCREENINGS; DETECTION RATES; FEMALE BREASTS; HONG KONG; MAMMOGRAPHIC; MULTI-VARIATE ANALYSIS; NODAL STATUS; PRIVATE HOSPITALS; SMALL TUMORS;

DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; SURGERY; TUMORS;

OPERATING ROOMS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049113144     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.07.066     Document Type: Article

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