Mastectomy trends for early-stage breast cancer: A report from the EUSOMA multi-institutional European database

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 1947-1956

  Garcia Etienne, Carlos A ^a,c   Tomatis, Mariano ^b,c   Heil, Joerg ^d   Friedrichs, Kay ^e   Kreienberg, Rolf ^f   Denk, Andreas ^g   Kiechle, Marion ^h   Lorenz Salehi, Fatemeh ⁱ   Kimmig, Rainer ^j   Emons, Günter ^k   Danaei, Mahmoud ^l   Heyl, Volker ^m   Heindrichs, Uwe ⁿ   Rageth, Christoph J ^o   Janni, Wolfgang ^p   Marotti, Lorenza ^q   Del Turco, Marco Rosselli ^q   Ponti, Antonio ^b,c   Cataliotti, Luigi ^r   Cretella, Elisabetta ^s   Van Dam, Peter ^t   Emons, Adelgund ^k   Gyr, Thomas ^u   Hils, Rita ⁱ   Kern, Peter ^j   Koehler, Uwe ^v   Kuemmel, Sherko ^w   Liedtke, Doris ^g   Luini, Alberto ^x   Moebus, Volker ^y   Neumann, Monika ^p   Paepke, Stefan ^h   Pagani, Olivia ^z   Pavesi, Lorenzo ^aa   Sarlos, Dimitri ^ab   Schlotfeldt, Tim ^e   Sohn, Cristof ^d   Spelsberg, Angela ⁿ   Staelens, Gracienne ^ac   Taffurelli, Mario ^ad   Tinterri, Corrado ^a   Vergin, Iris B ^o   Zemmler, Thomas ^f   Wagner, Dominik ^m   more..

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b Cancer Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^c EUSOMA Data Centre   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e Mammazentrum Hamburg   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^g Brustzentrum St Joseph Stift   (Germany)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

ⁱ DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^l Marien Hospital Aachen   (Germany)

^m Asklepios Paulinen Klinik   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^o Breast Center Zurich   (Switzerland)

^p HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^q European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA)   (Italy)

^r CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^s Comprensorio Sanitario di Bolzano ^*  (Italy)

^t Breast Clinic   (Belgium)

^u REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^v Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^w KLINIKEN ESSEN MITTE   (Germany)

^x EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^y SANOFI   (France)

^z IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^aa IRCCS   (Italy)

^ab CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^ac AZ GROENINGE   (Belgium)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Breast surgery; Breast surgery in europe; Mastectomies; Mastectomy; Mastectomy rates; Mastectomy trends; Rates in europe; Surgery for breast cancer; Surgery trends in europe; Trends in europe

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; EARLY CANCER; EUROPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE DATABASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84865121178     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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