Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: An opportunity for shared decision making

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 589-590

  Rosenberg, Shoshana M ^a   Partridge, Ann H ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CONTRALATERAL PROPHYLACTIC MASTECTOMY; FEAR; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK REDUCTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; WOMEN;

EID: 84901665189     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.5713     Document Type: Note

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