Recommendations for the aesthetic evaluation of breast cancer conservative treatment

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 629-637

  Cardoso, Maria João ^a   Cardoso, Jaime Santos ^b   Vrieling, Conny ^c   MacMillan, Douglas ^d   Rainsbury, Dick ^e   Heil, Joerg ^f   Hau, Eric ^g   Keshtgar, Mohammed ^h  

^a Champalimaud Cancer Centre   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Division de Radio oncologie   (Switzerland)

^d NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Winchester and Andover Breast Unit   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetic results; Assessment; Breast cancer conservative treatment; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FIBROSIS; BREAST RETRACTION ASSESSMENT; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; BREAST SYMMETRY INDEX; CAMERA; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIGITAL CAMERA; DIGITAL IMAGING; ESTHETICS; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ETHICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PORTUGAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866525983     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-012-1978-8     Document Type: Review

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