Factors that affect patients' decision-making about mastectomy or breast conserving surgery, and the psychological effect of this choice on breast cancer patients

Breast Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 164-168

  Gumus, Mahmut ^a   Ustaalioglu, Basak O ^a   Garip, Meral ^a   Kiziltan, Emre ^a   Bilici, Ahmet ^a   Seker, Mesut ^a   Erkol, Burcak ^a   Salepci, Taflan ^a   Mayadagli, Alpaslan ^a   Turhal, Nazim S ^a  

^a Dr Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Depression; Treatment decision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENTHOOD; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 77954498921     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314266     Document Type: Article

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