Geographic proximity to treatment for early stage breast cancer and likelihood of mastectomy

Breast

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 324-328

  Boscoe, Francis P ^a   Johnson, Christopher J ^b   Henry, Kevin A ^c   Goldberg, Daniel W ^d   Shahabi, Kaveh ^e   Elkin, Elena B ^f   Ballas, Leslie K ^g   Cockburn, Myles ^h  

^a New York State Cancer Registry   (United States)

^b Cancer Data Registry of Idaho   (United States)

^c RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ^*  (United States)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conserving surgery mastectomy; Choice behavior; Geography; Health services accessibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 79960576157     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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