Fear of recurrence and perceived survival benefit are primary motivators for choosing mastectomy over breast-conservation therapy regardless of age

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3246-3250

  Fisher, Carla S ^a   Martin Dunlap, Tonya ^b   Ruppel, Megan Baker ^c   Gao, Feng ^b   Atkins, Jordan ^b   Margenthaler, Julie A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84868208836     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2525-x     Document Type: Article

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