Comparing patients' and clinicians' assessment of outcomes in a randomised trial of sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer (the RACS SNAC trial)

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-109

  Smith, Michaella J ^a   Gill, P Grantley ^b   Wetzig, Neil ^c   Sourjina, Tatiana ^a   Gebski, Val ^a   Ung, Owen ^a   Campbell, Ian ^d   Kollias, James ^b   Coskinas, Xanthi ^a   MacPhee, Avis ^e   Young, Leonie ^f   Simes, R John ^a   Stockler, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e Breast Cancer Network   (Australia)

^f ANZ Breast Cancer Trials Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast cancer; Lymphoedema; Outcomes assessment; Quality of life; Randomized clinical trial; Relative efficiency statistic; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69049108923     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0202-3     Document Type: Article

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