Decision aids for breast and nodal surgery in patients with early breast cancer: Development and a pilot study

Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-122

  Harwood, Rachael ^a   Douglas, Charles ^a,b   Clark, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b The Breast Centre Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axillary dissection; Breast cancer; Breast conserving surgery; Decision aid; Mastectomy; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 79956087470     PISSN: 17437555     EISSN: 17437563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2010.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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