‘Taking Control of Cancer’: Understanding Women’s Choice for Mastectomy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 383-391

  Covelli, Andrea M ^a,b,c,d   Baxter, Nancy N ^a,b,c   Fitch, Margaret I ^b,d,e   McCready, David R ^a,f   Wright, Frances C ^a,b,d,g  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISTANT METASTASIS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRIEND; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGEON; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPHYLACTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPHYLACTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84921059414     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-4033-7     Document Type: Article

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