Increasing mastectomy rates among all age groups for early stage breast cancer: A 10-year study of surgical choice

Breast Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 318-325

  Dragun, Anthony E ^a   Huang, Bin ^b,c   Tucker, Thomas C ^c   Spanos, William J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast conservation; disparities; mastectomy rate; surgical choice; tumor registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863717818     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2012.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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