All patients (N=41) who participated in a randomized clinical trial in the Leiden University Hospital comparing mastectomy to tumorectomy have been studied with respect to their quality of life 11 months (+\_ 5 ) after surgery. The body image of patients is more severely impaired after mastectomy th
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Quality-adjusted Life-Years after Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
โ Scribed by David B. Adams
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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