Patterns and correlates of adjuvant radiotherapy receipt after lumpectomy and after mastectomy for breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2396-2403

  Jagsi, Reshma ^a   Abrahamse, Paul ^a   Morrow, Monica ^a   Hawley, Sarah T ^a   Griggs, Jennifer J ^a   Graff, John J ^a   Hamilton, Ann S ^a   Katz, Steven J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952523471     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.26.8433     Document Type: Article

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