Variation in the utilization of reconstruction following mastectomy in elderly women

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1872-1879

  In, Haejin ^a,b,c   Jiang, Wei ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   Neville, Bridget A ^d   Weeks, Jane C ^d   Greenberg, Caprice C ^a,d,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878242365     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2821-5     Document Type: Article

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