Quality of life after breast cancer surgery: What have we learned and where should we go next?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 447-455

  Pockaj, Barbara A ^a,d   Degnim, Amy C ^b   Boughey, Judy C ^b   Gray, Richard J ^a   McLaughlin, Sarah A ^c   Dueck, Amylou C ^a   Perez, Edith A ^c   Halyard, Michele Y ^a   Frost, Marlene H ^b   Cheville, Andrea L ^b   Sloan, Jeff A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conservation therapy; Breast reconstruction; Mastectomy; Quality of life; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 66349126882     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21151     Document Type: Review

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