Two-year quality of life after breast cancer surgery: A comparison of three surgical procedures

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 695-702

  Shi, H Y ^a   Uen, Y H ^b   Yen, L C ^a   Culbertson, R ^c   Juan, C H ^d   Hou, M F ^d,e,f  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Breast cancer; Generalized estimating equation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASTECTOMY; MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QLQ BR23 MEASURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960167889     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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